Tag: Seaman Guard Ohio

  • Caught in the crossfire

    Agony continues for private maritime security operatives in India.  Caught in the crossfire – crew of the Seaman Guard Ohio By Michael Grey from London There is widespread outrage at […]

  • Seaman Guard Ohio crew face retrial

    Anguish for security guards and their families set to continue. Seaman Guard Ohio crew face retrial in India The Mission to Seafarers has announced that the freed crew of the MV […]

  • India CG concerned about PMSCs

    Merchant ships with armed security guards apparently now pose a threat.  Armed cargo ships along India’s coast pose security threat: ICG CHENNAI: Commercial ships with armed men on board, which […]

  • Seaman Guard Ohio drama continues

    Seaman Guard Ohio drama continues US ship: Tamil Nadu police to move Supreme Court DC | V.P. RAGHU Chennai: Having being ticked off by the Madras high court recently for booking […]

  • AdvanFort charges quashed

    Court quashes charges against 35 crew. Court sets free crew of armed US ship, says they came for food, fuel HENNAI: About nine months after an US ship, dubbed ‘floating […]

  • AdvanFort crew update

    They cannot leave until their company, AdvanFort, coughs up the cash. Arrested US ship crew enjoy captive vacation CHENNAI: For the 33 crew members of US ship M V Seaman […]

  • Union calls for piracy laws

    MM&P calls for action over piracy. Captain Phillips’ Union Calls for Piracy Laws The International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots stresses the June 24  Indian Court hearing for 35 […]

  • Hotel bills threaten PMSC freedom

    Unpaid hotel bills pose new hurdle to freedom for AdvanFort operators. City hotel says crew of US ship owe 8 lakh Paul David A Chennai-based hotel has approached the Madurai […]

  • Insurers stonewall AdvanFort crew

    Sailors denied needed medical treatment and other benefits from their insurers Insurers stonewall Seaman Guard Ohio crew More than seven months after the Seaman Guard Ohio sailors  have been detained […]

  • Charge sheet filed against US crew

    TUTICORIN: The Q branch police on Monday filed a charge sheet at judicial magistrate court-1 here against 35 crew Charge sheet filed against crew members of US ship TUTICORIN: The Q branch police on […]