Greek-owned chemical tanker, the MT Liquid Velvet, has reportedly been freed by Somali pirates recently after more than 8 months in captivity. The ship was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, while travelling from Suez to India, with 21 Filipino crewmen onboard. Eight armed pirates in a skiff were responsible for the attack on the…
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his Mauritius counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam signed a deal for suspected pirates caught by the British navy to be prosecuted on the Indian Ocean island. Cameron said the agreement signalled that Indian Ocean states were stepping up the battle against piracy. Britain has similar deals with the Seychelles and Tanzania…
NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler will support NOAA’s nautical charting mission NOAA commissioned a state-of-the-art coastal mapping vessel, NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, during a special ceremony at NOAA’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. The new ship’s primary mission will be to detect and monitor changes to the sea floor. Data collected by the…
A large floating dock unit, a victim of last years Japan tsunami has washed up on Agate Beach, Oregon, USA EPA/Oregon Parks and Recreation Department informs AFP that the Japanese consulate has confirmed the large dock, which measures 7 feet tall (2.1 meters) by 66 feet long (20.1 meters) by 19 feet wide (5.8 meters),…