Merchant Marine
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Taken Down
Samho Shipping has been brought to the brink of bankruptcy by Pirates and a combination of financial difficulties. Low freight rates, high bunker prices and the costs associated with two […]
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Running out of Patience
When you are provoked beyond all measure and there seems no immediate prospect of respite, you are entitled to protest as loudly as you are able. So if the man […]
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Rumours Wrong
It was widely reported over the weekend that a Greek bulker, Perosea’s 52,163-dwt “MV Eagle” had been set free. The shipowner has confirmed to the media these reports are wide of the […]
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Facing Execution
More than 30 Pakistanis taken hostage by Somali pirates, face execution if their families fail to raise enough money to pay the ransom, the Foreign Office informed a Senate panel. […]
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Renuar Release
Twenty-four Filipino seafarers on board a hijacked cargo vessel have been released by Somali pirates, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has claimed. The Panama-flagged vessel “MV Renuar” and […]
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Rumours Wrong
It was widely reported over the weekend that a Greek bulker, Perosea’s 52,163-dwt “MV Eagle” had been set free. The shipowner has confirmed to the media these reports are wide of the […]
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Harsh Reality
A seafarer, Sanauddin Baloch, has spoken of his time in captivity onboard “Rak Afrikana”. During his captivity he lost 20 kilograms, he suffered mental, physical and emotional torture. The ordeal […]
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Seafarer Protest
Thousands of seafarers will take part in a protest marches in eight cities across India on Wednesday to condemn the hijackings and hostage taking by Somali pirates. The protests will be held […]
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Ship Safe
Further to reports that a Korean-owned container vessel may have been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, officials in Seoul have reported that the 75,000-ton “Hanjin Tianjin” is […]
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MV Rosalia D’Amato Pirated
Early morning on 21 April, the Bulk Carrier MV ROSALIA D’AMATO was pirated approximately 350NM South East of Salalah, Oman, in the Indian Ocean. The 74,500 tonne Italian flagged and owned […]
