Ten days after removal of the ill-fated USS Guardian from the Tubbataha Reef [pictured above], a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel has now reportedly ran aground along the northern part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site late Monday evening (April 8). Commodore Enrico Evangelista of Philippine Coast Guard District Palawan said that based on the report…
Citing a series of technological breakthroughs, Navy leaders announced plans Apr. 8 at the Sea-Air-Space exposition to deploy for the first time a solid-state laser aboard a ship in fiscal year 2014. “Our directed energy initiatives, and specifically the solid-state laser, are among our highest priority science and technology programs. The solid-state laser program…
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (The Samoa News, April 3, 2013) – Eighteen Indonesians labeled as “ship jumpers,” who have been housed at American Samoa’s Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) for over two weeks, are being sent back to Indonesia, says Chief Immigration Officer Tamasa Dennis Fuimaono. Tamasa told Samoa News that two weeks ago a…
Product tanker controlled by Laliotis Group has been attacked by pirates off the coast of Nigeria. Sea Hermes, 45, 879 dwt (built 2004), is in trouble since 30 March. There was also another incident on 4 April when a supply vessel (name not known) was attacked by pirates 57 nautical miles west southwest of…