MarEx Newsletter | Piracy Report: Worldwide Sea Piracy Down, Philippine Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Dutch Coast

If you are experiencing problems viewing the newsletter, please Click Here << Previous Edition   Volume 10, Edition 9 (January 21, 2012) Share this Newsletter Piracy Report: Worldwide Sea Piracy Down, Somalia Remains Biggest Threat The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported that the number of pirate attacks have dropped in 2011 to 439 cases, a small decrease from 445 in 2010. Overall, worldwide sea piracy has dropped for the first time in five years, but Somali pirates have strengthened the attacks and still remain the greatest threats to maritime security. In 2010, there were 53 ship seizures and almost 1,200 people taken hostage. International naval patrols and the increase in ship security personnel have lowered these statistics in 2011 to 45 hijacked vessels and approximately 802... Read More >> Philippine Cargo Ship Runs Aground Off Dutch Coast Another cargo ship – the 500-foot Philippine-registered Aztec Maiden – has run aground off the Dutch coast, just west of Amsterdam. The freighter, with a crew of 21, apparently had an anchor slip during an overnight storm. The now empty vessel was in stable condition after drifting towards the coast and... Read More >> Search for Missing Resumes Onboard Costa Concordia, SMIT Ready to Remove Oil The search for 21 missing passengers and crew from onboard the Italian owned cruise ship off the coast of Giglio has resumed Friday evening. Divers were sent back into the submerged areas of the vessel in hopes of finding the 21 who remain missing. The search had been called off earlier Friday after the vessel... Read More >> Two Cargo Ships Collide Off Bosphorus Strait, Shipping Traffic Remains Unaffected Two cargo ships collided in Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait, according to GAC and other port sources. However, shipping traffic has not been affected as the strait, as well as the Dardanelles remain open. The Sierra Leone-flagged M/V Kayan was reported as taking on water in its stern and has been towed to a secured location,... Read More >> Obligation for a Marine Insurance in Europe Written by Daphne Smaling Since January 1st 2012 some European countries (including the Netherlands, Malta, Denmark and Spain) have enforced the European directive on the insurance of shipowners for maritime claims. This European directive obliges ships sailing under a flag of one of the Member States... Read More >> Join the Discussion The Maritime Executive's LinkedIn group has more than 19,500 of your colleagues discussing dozens of industry issues and events each week. The group has also become a source for business and jobs. Don't be left out - Join the Discussion... Read More >> Carnival Corp. to Review Safety and Emergency Response Across All Its Cruise Lines MIAMI –  Following the tragic Costa Concordia accident, Carnival Corporation & plc, parent company of Costa Cruises and nine leading cruise lines around the world, today announced a comprehensive audit and review of all safety... Read More >> Capital Link to Host Webinar on the Container Market's 2012 Prospects, Challenges, and Outlook On Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 11:00 A.M. ET, Capital Link will host a webinar to discuss the prospects, challenges, and outlook of the container shipping markets. REGISTER NOW: Read More >> PSV Blue Fighter Delivered Ulstein Verft delivered M/V Blue Fighter, the first of two medium-sized platform supply vessels (PSV) of the new PX121 design from ULSTEIN® to Blue Ship Invest, on 19 January 2012. “The two vessels were ordered based on market trends showing a future increase... Read More >> Cargotec Appoints New Senior Vice President for its Offshore Business Segment Pasi Lehtonen has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Cargotec's Offshore business segment, effective from the beginning of January. Mr Lehtonen has worked with Cargotec since 1995, his most recent position being Senior Vice President of Finance for Cargotec's Marine... Read More >> Maritime Industries Academy Foundation Receives Donation Glen Paine, President, Maritime Industries Academy Foundation (MIAF) announced that Clay Maitland, Founding Chairman of NAMEPA (North American Marine Environment Protection Association) and a Managing Partner of International Registries Inc. donated $20,000 to the MIAF non-profit charity, which was established to support Baltimore’s... Read More >> W&O Announces Exclusive Representation of Pres-Vac Valve and Marine Inert Gas Systems W&O, one of the world’s largest suppliers of marine valves, pipe, fittings, engineered products, valve automation and data management systems, announced that Pres-Vac has named W&O as the exclusive distributor of its pressure/vacuum valve and inert gas systems in the... Read More >> Rainmaker LLC. Announces Representation of Terragon Environmental Technologies, Inc. Rainmaker LLC., U.S. is pleased to announce its representation of Terragon Environmental Technologies, Inc.  Terragon's revolutionary waste elimination technology, MAGS, transforms solid and oily waste into safe bio-char, thermal energy, and syngas, which it uses to fuel the system. This makes it one of the world's... 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