USCG, partner agencies, intedict Western Caribbean drug subThe crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive, Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island, Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), and the Honduran Navy have interdicted a drug smuggling…
Textron Systems successfully demonstrate its second Fleet-class Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV)Textron Systems Advanced Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announce that its second Fleet-class Common…
Owners of wrecked 'Rena' held accountable by Maritime New Zealand, bulkhead down, wreck disintegratingMaritime New Zealand (MNZ) has charged the owner of the cargo vessel Rena, following the ship's grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on 5 October…
Oceanwide Expeditions' cruise ship 'Plancius' anchored off South Georgia, after repeated propulsion failures, awaits relief shipTrouble started 12 days into a 31-day journey from Ushuaia, Argentina, one of the southernmost cities in the world…
One ship hi-jacked (freed) one attack & one suspicious approach reports NATO in latest weekly report During the reporting period of 05 to 11 April 2012 there was one hijacking (which was subsequently freed), one attack and one suspicious approach in the high risk area (HRA)…
IEEE experts comment on a century of technical heritage & innovation since loss of the TitanicA hundred years after the loss of the RMS Titanic, members of IEEE – the world's largest technical professional organization – share their perspectives…
First ocean-going ship, 'Federal Yukina' opens Detroit's shipping season after St Lawrence Seaway transitThe Port of Detroit welcomed the arrival of the ocean going vessel, Federal Yukina as it arrived at the Nicholson Terminal & Dock Company…
Cruise ship 'Ballmoral' sails from Southampton for New York with remembrance service stopover at 'Titanic' resting placeA cruise ship steamed out of the British city of Southampton Sunday to retrace the route taken by the legendary ill-fated ocean liner Titanic 100 years ago…
Cargo ship 'MV Carrier' stranded on North Wales coast declared a 'constructive total loss', to be scrappedThe MV Carrier will be cut into manageable sections on the shore at Llanddulas, near Colwyn Bay, and sent to a scrap yard by road, according to a BBC news report…
America's tall ship, Coastguard Cutter 'Eagle' sets sail for cruise to 12 portsThe U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America’s tall ship, has sailed for the 2012 Summer Training Cruise and participation in Operation Sail 2012 and War of 1812 Bicentennial events in New Orleans…
Maritime New Zealand Authority updates wrecked container ship condition in storm conditions Salvors report the aft section of the wreck being subject to rolling movement in rough seas, with waves of 8-10m hitting the vessel. It is…
Iranian commandos reportedly stormed, released the Bolivian-flagged 63,400 dwt bulk carrier from pirate controlMilitary sources informed the report that Iranian commandos stormed the Iranian-owned, Bolivian reglistered bulk carrier Eglantine…
A cargo ship, 82 m in length, registered in Antigua, is pinned against the sea defence wall at Llanddulas, North WalesThe ship, carrying a cargo of bulk limestone, with a crew of seven Polish seamen on board was thought to have struck a rock near Raynes Jetty at Llanddulas…
Italian tankship whose marines allegedly killed Indian fishermen mistakenly as pirates, to post bond, then can leave Kochi PortNearly six weeks after marines on board the Enrica Lexie allegedly killed two fishermen, mistaking them for pirates…
Would-be pirates apprehended by French warship sent back to Somalia after sinking their own raiding boatEU Counter Piracy Naval Forces (EUNAVFOR) have tracked down and stopped a group of suspected pirates who were believed to have tried to…