US Lawmakers Warning of Dirty Bomb Threat to US Ports

  GateKeeper USA Inc. (OTC Symbol: GTKP) announced that in a recent Bloomberg article, it was reported by Jeff Bliss that the US Backs Off All Cargo Scanning Goals. As reported by CBP (Customs & Boarder Protection), officials’ port X-ray and Gamma-ray machines were only able to facilitate scanning 4.1% of the millions of containers that…

Argentina Anticipates Arrested Ship’s Homecoming

  This afternoon, Argentine frigate ARA Libertad will arrive at the Naval Base Mar del Plata, located in the city’s port, where it will be received by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The training ship returns to Argentina after 21 days at sea, after the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea ordered its…

Pirates free Italian sailors kidnapped off Nigeria

  The Italian foreign ministry has said that Nigerian pirates have freed three Italian sailors they abducted from the MV Asso Ventuno last month. Pirates free Italian sailors kidnapped off Nigeria Pirates have freed three Italian sailors they abducted from a ship off Nigeria last month, the foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday. “Our three sailors are…

Updating existing ships

  A ship is typically built for a 20-25 year lifespan and such is the pace of technical development in the marine industry that she is likely to become technically redundant quite early in her life. This has become even more of an issue in recent years, with substantial breakthroughs being made in fuel efficiency…