The fishing trip off the rugged north coast of St. Lucia was supposed to last all day, but about four hours into the journey, the boat’s electric system crackled and popped. Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with…
The Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 2002, which substantially raises the limits of liability for the death of, or personal injury to, a passenger on a ship, is set to enter into force on 23 April 2014, after the required 10 ratifications were reached on 23…
Southeast Asian nations stepped up efforts on Thursday to engage China in talks to resolve maritime tensions, agreeing to meet to try to reach common ground on disputed areas of the South China Sea ahead of planned discussions in Beijing later this year. Efforts by ASEAN to craft a code of conduct to manage…
* Crewmen from Ukraine, Russia and Kiribati seized * Gulf of Guinea oil region vulnerable to pirates (Reuters) – Pirates kidnapped four crew members when they attacked a container ship off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, the vessel’s management company said on Thursday. Hamburg-based shipping firm Leonhardt and Blumberg said the four hostages –…