Empowering seafarers to keep themselves alive and their ships safe
Posted in Africa, IMB, International Maritime Bureau, maritime accidents, piracy on Oct 24th, 2008
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Let’s give a hand to the pirates aboard the MV Faina. Thanks to their efforts a seven-ship fleet under NATO is about the arrive in the Gulf of Aden, US warships are off the coast of Hobyo with mv Faina in their [...]
Posted in Danica White, IMB, International Chamber of Commerce, International Maritime Bureau, Malacca Straits, Somalia on Aug 10th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! New: MAC Special - Lessons From The Danica White
Piracy has continued unabated since the taking of the Danica White in 2007.
Are lessons being learned? Bob Couttie and the Nautical Institute’s Steve Jones
discuss modern piracy.
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Posted in AMSA, accident reporting, capsize, classification, collision, sinking on Jul 19th, 2008
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Mersey chemical spill contained
ABC Online - Australia
The Environment Department and the Fire Service were called early this afternoon, after a container on the ship, Searoad Mersey, spilled about 500 litres of
Seamec vessel damaged in accident
Equity [...]
Posted in casualties, maritime crime on Jul 4th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Senior officials in the maritime accident investigation department of the Panama Maritime Authority have told Maritime Accident Casebook that fraud is still being considered in the disappearance of the general cargo carrier M/V Rezzak earlier this year. Panama and other states [...]
Posted in accident reporting, maritime safety news on Jun 20th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! 2 workers killed, 5 hurt in shipyard mishap
Straits Times - Singapore
Fourteen others were hurt in the explosion on the Rainbow Star. No explosion took place on Wednesday on board the ship that was being converted into a
Man Crushed in Barge Incident
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Posted in ICC, IMB, maritime security, piracy on Jun 11th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2008
Like us? Bookmark this article! Having a somewhat cynical turn of mind when it comes to the ‘War’ on Terrorism I’ve always been leary of those folk promoting the idea that pirates are really part of the global network of terrorism. That the terrorist network exists is [...]
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