A French sailor was freed on Tuesday after being captured by pirates last week from his ship off the coast of Togo and taken to Nigeria, a military commander said. Pirates attacked the oil products tanker Adour on June 13, around 30 nautical miles off the coast of Togo. General Bata Dembiro, a commander
Read moreThree crewmen have been confirmed dead after the cargo ship they were on sank near Sado Island in Niigata, Japan. The vessel sank early Thursday morning in the Sea of Japan with a total of 12 mariners onboard – 9 Chinese and 3 South Korean. Upon receiving a distress call from the sinking ship,
Read moreNeste Oil Corporation released the following statement detailing the incident: The M/V Varnebank, a Dutch freighter, struck the stern of a Neste Oil tanker, the M/T Neste [pictured above], which was carrying a part cargo of diesel fuel, south of Kemi in the Bay of Bothnia at 18.05 EET on Tuesday, 16 April. Both
Read moreThe Navy’s first littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), departed Changi Naval Base June 11 to participate in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2013. CARAT Malaysia is among the key maritime exercises and exchanges Freedom will conduct with regional navies and U.S. 7th Fleet units while deployed to Southeast Asia. In
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