 | Danish Navy Frees 16 Hostages From Somali Pirates, 2 Dead
During a rescue operation by the Danish navy, two people that were being held hostage by alleged Somali pirates were killed. The mission did, however, successfully free 16 other prisoners off the Horn of Africa. Seventeen pirates were arrested. Danish warship, the Absalon, fired shots onto the suspicious boat after it ignored...
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 | UPDATE: Adrift Costa Allegra In Tow to Seychelles (Video)
Currently, the powerless Costa Allegra is being carefully towed to a port in the Seychelles, two days after a fire broke out in the engine room disabling the luxury liner. Seychelles authorities have made preparations for hundreds of hotel rooms on the island and have also secured airline seats for the 1,000 passengers and crew...
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 | Nigerian Pirates Take Hostages in Cargo Ship Robbery
In a Nigerian port, a cargo ship at anchor was robbed by armed pirates and at least two of the crew members were kidnapped in the attack. This is the latest in of several recent piracy incidents off Africa’s west coast; the Gulf of Guinea attacks are getting increasingly violent and extensive. A report by ABC News states...
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 | Rena Officers Plead Guilty Over New Zealand Crash and Oil Spill
The captain and navigating officer of the Rena cargo ship that ran aground last year on a New Zealand reef have plead guilty to a series of charges . The duo is responsible for the sailing path that led the vessel to run aground on the Astrolabe reef near the Port of Tauranga. Following the crash, an estimated 400 tons of fuel...
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 | Mica: Recent Cruise Ship Incidents - A Warning Signal for U.S.
The Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called recent accidents or incidents involving cruise ships in foreign waters a warning signal for officials and the cruise industry to make certain U.S. cruise passengers are as safe as possible. Mica and Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee...
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 | Freighter Captain Taken Into Custody by USCG for Blood-Alcohol Level
The captain of a Maltese freighter was taken into custody by Coast Guard officials in Astoria, Oregon on Tuesday. The captain of the 738-foot motor vessel Laconia was taken into custody after his blood-alcohol level was found to be in excess of the legal limit for commercial vessel operators. A Coast Guard Vessel...
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 | Military Sealift Command Completes Annual Resupply Mission to Antarctica
Military Sealift Command-chartered container ship MV Green Wave departed McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 25, after delivering more than 6.8 million pounds of vital supplies in support of Operation Deep...
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 | New Commandant of Midshipmen Announced
The Academy announced that Captain John C. “Jay” Kennedy, USMS is the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s new Commandant of Midshipman. CAPT Kennedy is a 1982 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and retired after 30 years of active duty service in the Marine Corps, holding the rank of Colonel, US...
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 | First Argentinian-owned Damen ASD 2810 Tug Arrives in Buenos Aires
Argentinian towage and harbour company Remolcadores Unidos Argentinos (RUA) has just taken delivery of the ‘RUA Cap. Lucio R’, a Damen ASD 2810 tug. Although Damen’s tugs have operated in Argentina before, this vessel is the first time a Damen tug is owned by an...
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 | TEAM Will Install Two New Boarding Bridges for Cruises in Port Canaveral
TEAM Ports & Maritime, an ADELTE Group Company, will install two state-of-the-art Passenger Boarding Bridges at the new cruise terminal in Cape Canaveral to welcome on board the passengers of the new mega cruises from July 2012. TEAM Ports & Maritime, the...
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 | SAFE Boats International Delivers Force Protection-Medium to US Navy
SAFE Boats International provides the US Navy with a new fleet of anti-terrorism, harbor security boats SAFE Boats International (SAFE) recently began the delivery of a fleet of thirty-seven (37) 33-foot harbor security boats to the U.S. Navy as the new generation of the Force Protection-Medium (FP-M) patrol...
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 | Bureau Veritas Issues EEDI Certificate for First in New Series of Bulkers
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has issued its first EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) certificate to the ultramax geared bulk carrier JS Amazon, the lead ship in a new generation of ‘CROWN63’ vessels developed by China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group with bulk carrier expert...
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 | Videotel and Maritime Training Services Work to Simplify Port State Control
Despite the crucial importance of Port State Control to the wellbeing of the seafarer, vessel and the environment, it is often viewed as a necessary evil by many seafarers. Yet a knowledge of policies and procedures, and a properly prepared ship and crew, can ensure a satisfactory outcome for all parties. To address this issue...
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