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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2008
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Hong Kong’s vessel with 22 on board hijacked
Hindu - Chennai,India
The vessel from Hong Kong was heading towards Asia through a maritime security corridor in the Gulf, patrolled by an international naval force,
Vehicle Accident - Indonesian archipelago - Indonesia
A cargo [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Weekly Piracy Report
9-15 September 2008
The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, collision on Sep 16th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Online membership applications for the Maritime Casualty Investigation Association are now online here.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2008
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Marine Safety Forum’s latest alert tells of a near miss involving hotwork that had the potential for serious damage to the ship and injury to its crew. It’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Pirates fire rockets at French boat far off Somalia
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Pirates fired rockets at a French tuna fishing boat in international waters in the Indian Ocean, 400 nautical miles (740 km) off .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Passenger ferry sinks in Turkey
A ferry carrying about 100 people sinks off Turkey’s north-western coast, leaving at least one person dead and dozens missing.
Nigerian Militants Threaten Oil Vessels, Facilities
CNNMoney.com - USA
“Failure to comply is taking a foolhardy risk [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Reading as many accident reports as MAC does, one not infrequently gets to wondering what goes on inside some navigators’ brains. Someone out there is doing just that, to wit, Dr. Hugo Spears of University College, London.
True, his subjects are London cabbies, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Fellow blogista Kennebec Captain retails a few stories about amusing ship names in a recent post and muses on whether there could possibly be a ship called the Titan Uranus. Prissy -minded folk insist on pronouncing Uranus wrongly, shy of the fact [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Two missing after tanker blaze
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Francis Jok, 22, was standing on the deck of his ship when the tanker, The Dark II, exploded at 8.25am near a refuelling depot in Jalan Krokop.
inds stall rescue of crew on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, container accident, containership on Sep 14th, 2008
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How does BBC News explain the complexity of maritime trade to its viewers? It tags a container with a GPS and tracks it around the world with the [...]
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