A ceremony attended by senior US and Japanese diplomats, Tanzanian Government officials and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the IMO for Maritime Security and Anti-Piracy Programmes, Mr Hartmut Hesse, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 17 September 2012 marked the completion of the installation of an integrated radar and automatic identification system
Read moreLibya warned on Monday it will attack and destroy any tanker illegally exporting oil after forces last week fired at a Liberian-flagged tanker close to the country’s largest crude oil export terminal. The tanker, which sought to load crude oil that armed protesters blocking the country’s main export ports were attempting to sell illegally,
Read morePirates from Somalia struck again on Sunday by hijacking a Turkish-owned oil tanker ship off the western Africa coast. The Malta-flagged tanker vessel, MV Cotton, with its crew of 20 Indian seafarers, was attacked near Port Gentil in Gabon. An official of the Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed the accident. According to the information 6
Read moreUpdate with official USCG release: The Coast Guard is responding to a 473-foot tanker that allided with the Sarah Long Bridge in Portsmouth, N.H., at approximately 1:30 p.m. Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a report from the 473-foot, Portuguese flagged, motor vessel Harbour Feature that it became disabled and
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