Two people drowned and eight are missing after two cargo ships collided off southwestern Greece early on Monday, the Greek coastguard said. The drowned and missing crew were from the Pirireis [pictured above], sailing under a Cook Islands flag, which was in a collision with the ConSouth carrier about 75 nautical miles off the…
Pirates have kidnapped five crew members from a cargo ship off Nigeria, the vessel’s management company said on Monday, part of a growing trend of attacks that are pushing up maritime insurance costs in the Gulf of Guinea. A Russian and a Polish citizen were among those taken hostage when the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged…
Surabaya, East Java (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Navy is to have maximum combat ability by 2014 coinciding with the presence of new weaponry system that has been bought from various countries, Naval Chief of Staff Admiral Marsetio said here on Friday. “The new weaponry system namely tanks, warplanes, warships and helicopter will arrive…
LEADING international classification society Bureau Veritas has set up a web-based system which will help shipowners to cut certification time for the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 dramatically. BV says the system is needed because some shipowners are leaving it until late to seek the necessary MLC certification. An addition to the services available to…