Last month saw the naming ceremony for the 82,000 DWT Kamsarmax bulk carrier Nissaki, owned by St Michael Shipping of Greece. This vessel marked a significant milestone in the development of the shipbuilding capability of Vietnam, and is the biggest ship built to date in the country to Lloyd’s Register class. The vessel was
Read moreThe Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday was placed on alert due to an oil spill which was spotted near the area of the ill-fated Panamanian vessel that sank along the vicinity off Cape Bolinao in Pangasinan. The Coast Guard Action Center (CGAC) in Manila said that based on the aerial reconnaissance operations conducted
Read moreArmada Century-managed offshore tug was attacked off Brass, Nigeria. An unknown number of crew were reported kidnapped. An offshore tug Orcus reportedly intercepted VHF distress call from offshore supply tug Armada Tuah 101 at 13:06 (local time) 17 February. Malaysia-flagged offshore tug, Armada Tuah 101, was attacked and boarded by pirates at 0700 UTC
Read moreDate: February 2, 2013 Location: Belawan Anchorage, Indonesia Six robbers armed with knives in a wooden motor boat approached an anchored chemical tanker. One of the robbers attempted to board the tanker by hooking a ladder near the mid ship manifold area. Alert duty crew spotted the robbers and informed the D/O who raised
Read moreTokyo (ANTARA News) – Chinese government ships were in waters around disputed East China Sea islands Monday, Japan’s coastguard said, as a senior Japanese diplomat prepared for meetings in Beijing aimed at mending frayed ties. Three state-run Maritime Surveillance vessels were clocked in seas off the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku Islands, and claims as its own,
Read moreThe Coast Guard Action Center of the Philippines was warned on the 17th of February, 2013 at approximately 9:20 a.m. after a Chinese bulk carrier crossing Philippine waters reported that they saved ten seafarers with Myanmar nationals onboard 2 life rafts at approximately 6:25 a.m. of the same date, at nearly 22 n.m. off
Read moreIMO Secretary General, Koji Sekimizu, heads a team to inform a high-level ministerial symposium of critical maritime developments. The four-day visit, hosted by the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), will culminate in a High Level Symposium (HLS) of the Ministers of Transport in the Caribbean, drawing delegates from a variety of the region’s States
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