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One Ship, Three Different Stories Once again, conflicting reports are circling around the release of the MV Iceberg, hijacked by Somali pirates on March 29, 2010 near the port of Aden, giving it the distinction of being the longest held vessel. In the first story, relatives of the seafarers this week said the MV Iceberg […]
One fisherman dies as vessel rams reef, adding more tension to ongoing dispute between China and Philippines over Scarborough Shoal AFP Manila: The Philippines alleged on Sunday that a Chinese vessel accidentally rammed a local fishing boat north of a disputed South China Sea shoal, killing one and leaving four others missing. […]
A fisherman was killed, another was injured, and four more are missing after their fishing boat was rammed by an alleged Chinese vessel 160 nautical miles from the Panatag Shoal, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Sunday. NDRRMC Executive Director and concurrent Office of Civil Defense Administrator Benito Ramos said at least […]
SERI KEMBANGAN: Alam Maritim Resources Bhd expects a higher revenue this year after the integration of its offshore support vessel (OSV) and offshore installation and construction (OIC) operations. Chief executive officer Azmi Ahmad said the company’s competitive edge was its ability to provide integrated services so that clients were able to minimise their logistic costs. […]
CANBERRA, Australia, June 21 (UPI) — Two boats carrying hundreds of asylum seekers have capsized in the Indian Ocean north of Christmas Island, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said. A cargo ship has arrived at the site of a capsized vessel carrying about 200 people some 120 nautical miles from Christmas Island, Australian Broadcasting Corporation […]
CANBERRA, Australia, June 21 (UPI) — Two boats carrying hundreds of asylum seekers have capsized in the Indian Ocean north of Christmas Island, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said. A cargo ship has arrived at the site of a capsized vessel carrying about 200 people some 120 nautical miles from Christmas Island, Australian Broadcasting Corporation […]
Reports came in yesterday via NATO SC that a dhow had been hijacked by Somali pirates. Although details are sketchy, it appears that the dhow was close to Masira Island, Oman, when it was hijacked in position 20.29N-059.03E at around 1200 UTC.There are no details available as to the vessel’s nationality or crew complement. Typically, pirates […]
The Taiwanese fishing boat, Shiuh Fu 1 (or No 1 as it’s sometimes called) has apparently been sighted by a security team onboard an MV this week. According to a report from our colleagues at OCEANUSLive.org, the vessel was seen in position 02.44.7N-056.42E, around 500 miles off the Somali coast on June 17th. The Shiuh […]
NATO Shipping Centre has just released details of an attack today by pirates against a merchant vessel. Although details are slim at present, the merchant vessel was in position 20.50N-059.30E at 0530 UTC when it was attacked by one skiff. The MV evaded attack and is safe. This article was posted by Neptune Maritime Security […]