2 tankers have been attacked in the Gulf of Guinea in the last days (07.10.2012). Pirate activity off the West African coast is growing every day. 2 days ago the crude oil products tanker, owned by Greece’s Grace Management Orfeas disappeared off Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. The Orfeas had to carry out 2
Read moreTwo FBI agents died off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday, after falling from a helicopter that experienced difficulties during a maritime counterterrorism exercise. A spokeswoman from the FBI stated that the agents were in the process of fast-roping from the aircraft onto a ship when the helicopter encountered complications. The agents tragically
Read moreTwo men accused of the attempted hijacking of a tanker off the coast of Oman admitted their crimes in a court on Tuesday, reports said, in the first piracy prosecution in Japan. The two are among four African men arrested in March 2011 over an attack on a Japanese-operated tanker in the Indian Ocean.
Read moreUpdate – 3:45 p.m.: The latest reports claim that 10 bodies have now been recovered, and 16 mariners are still missing. 7 from one ship, and three from the first sinking on Sunday. Rescue operations are ongoing. Update – 8 a.m.: A total of three bodies have now been recovered, leaving another 23 still
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