Merchant Marine

  • Deploring The Pirates

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    The International Chamber of Shipping, ITF, Indian National Shipowners’ Association, NUSI, MUI, IMEC, InterManager, Intertanko and BIMCO deplore the latest development in the Indian Ocean piracy crisis as some Indian […]

  • Ransom Paid

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    Somali pirates promised on Monday that they would release all Indonesian hostages onboard “Sinar Kudus”. The pirates have reportedly received a 3 million U.S. dollar ransom, a pirate said in a phone […]

  • Make Some Noise

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    BIMCO President Robert Lorenz-Meyer has called for a highly audible protest from the shipping industry against piracy. He has called for a 30-second blast from ships’ horns every day at noon, […]

  • Ransom Renegades

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    Somali pirates who took a multi-million dollar ransom for hijacked Indian freighter “MT Asphalt Venture”, have refused to release seven of the 15 Indian crew members held as hostages. This […]

  • Remembering the Titanic

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    The Northwest Atlantic is a unique maritime environment where the threat of icebergs, fog, severe storms and busy shipping lanes are a constant threat to mariners. It was 99 years […]

  • MV Beluga Nomination Released

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    The general cargo ship MV BELUGA NOMINATION was released from pirate control on 13 April 2011 after being held for 81 days. The German owned vessel, which is Antigua & […]

  • Firearms Safety

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    Sailors have received a refresher course on the basics of gun handling during a firearms safety training session aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1). “There are four rules that you […]

  • Survival Kit

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    A ship supply company has launched a new “anti-piracy kit”. The kit by HMS Far East is heralded by the company as possibly increasing chances of surviving a piracy attack. […]

  • Nomination Freed

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    Somali pirates have freed a German cargo ship, Beluga Nomination, after paying a ransom. The ship was seized in January pirates 390 nautical miles north of the Seychelles with its […]

  • PVI ASSIST EUNAVFOR

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    PVI IS TO ASSIST EUNAVFOR IN THE PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED PIRATES On the 5th April, A PVI security team prevented an attack on the ‘Pacific Opal’. During the exchange PVI […]

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