Over the course of the last two to three years the use of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) in the High Risk Area in the Northwest Indian Ocean has become still more widespread. The use of PCASP adds yet another cost to the ship owner’s bill and any responsible ship owner would be expected…
The world’s largest container ship docked at the EUROGATE container terminal next to the Strait of Gibraltar yesterday evening. The “CMA CGM Marco Polo” entered service in Ningbo (China) on 5 November and is charting its maiden voyage from there to Hamburg and Bremerhaven, where it is expected to arrive on 12 and 14…
The United States has sent four warships to North Korea in order to monitor a potential North Korean rocket launch. The U.S. warships are equipped with radar detection and other sensory tracking systems. This would be the second rocket launch in 2012 and the U.S. military has been closely watching North Korea for signals…
Turkish rescuers were searching for eleven Ukrainian and one Russian crew members on Tuesday after their cargo ship sank in a storm off Istanbul’s Black Sea coast, the coastal safety authority said. The Volgo Balt 199, which was carrying coal, sent an SOS signal at about 0730 GMT off the town of Sile on…