Pirates Are in Full Force This Month

  Date: February 2, 2013 Location: Belawan Anchorage, Indonesia Six robbers armed with knives in a wooden motor boat approached an anchored chemical tanker. One of the robbers attempted to board the tanker by hooking a ladder near the mid ship manifold area. Alert duty crew spotted the robbers and informed the D/O who raised…

Again China Ships in Disputed Waters

  Tokyo (ANTARA News) – Chinese government ships were in waters around disputed East China Sea islands Monday, Japan’s coastguard said, as a senior Japanese diplomat prepared for meetings in Beijing aimed at mending frayed ties. Three state-run Maritime Surveillance vessels were clocked in seas off the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku Islands, and claims as its own,…

Cargo ship sinks , 10 seamen Rescued, 14 Missing

  The Coast Guard Action Center of the Philippines was warned on the 17th of February, 2013 at approximately 9:20 a.m. after a Chinese bulk carrier crossing Philippine waters reported that they saved ten seafarers with Myanmar nationals onboard 2 life rafts at approximately 6:25 a.m. of the same date, at nearly 22 n.m. off…

IMO Delegation to Jamaica for Caribbean Briefings

  IMO Secretary General, Koji Sekimizu, heads a team to inform a high-level ministerial symposium of critical maritime developments. The four-day visit, hosted by the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), will culminate in a High Level Symposium (HLS) of the Ministers of Transport in the Caribbean, drawing delegates from a variety of the region’s States…