Impact of Smart Ships on Seafarers
David Appleton from Nautilus explains what will autonomous shipping mean for seafarers
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The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier MV Lord Mountbatten was attacked by pirates on Tuesday, May 16 while under way ...
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The Uruguayan Navy has designated new search areas for the missing crew of the ill-fated ship Stellar Daisy having ...
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The US-flagged car carrier Honor caught fire in the English Channel in the early hours of Friday, February 24, ...
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More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its ...
read more →Crew Abductors Targeting Bigger Ships off Southeast Asia
The continued occurrence of incidents involving the abduction of crews from ships while underway in the ...
read more →Sri Lanka Navy Breaks Up Protests at Hambantota Port
The Sri Lanka Navy was called in on Saturday, December 10, to intervene and free two merchant vessels which had ...
read more →Rolls-Royce Axes 800 More Jobs at Marine Business Unit
Rolls-Royce plans to lay off 800 more workers from it Marine business throughout 2016 and 2017 citing ...
read more →Update: Russia Identifies Merchant Ship Hijacked off Benin?
The merchant vessel believed to have been hijacked by pirates some 72 nautical miles off the coast of Cotonou, ...
read more →Robbers Ransack Boxship off Guinea
Six robbers armed with guns boarded and fired upon the duty crew on board a container ship at Conakry anchorage, ...
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read more →UK Sub Collides with Merchant Vessel off Gibraltar
The UK Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Ambush, collided with a merchant vessel off Gibraltar on ...
read more →Fincantieri Improves Shipbuilding Revenue
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read more →Abu Sayyaf Abducts Malaysian Tugboat Crew
Filipino authorities have confirmed that the five crew members who were reported missing from the Malaysian tug ...
read more →ReCAAP Raises Red Flag over Crew Abductions in Asia
The number of piracy and armed robbery incidents in Asia during January-June 2016 has decreased by 64% compared to ...
read more →Last Week of May Deadliest in the Mediterranean Sea
Last week’s migrant death toll in the Mediterranean Sea is believed to be the biggest this year as 1,083 ...
read more →Spotted: Nevsky Flaunts Its Largest Ship
In today’s spotted we bring you the Academician Pashin - the first tanker built for the Russian ...
read more →STX France Sells Its Lorient Shipyard
French shipbuilder STX France has decided to sell its Lorient shipyard located in Lanester to Kership, a joint ...
read more →Fincantieri’s Performance Bounces Back in Q1
Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri has marked a turning point in the first quarter of 2016, returning to the ...
read more →Tanker Freed from Hijackers off Indonesia, Nine Arrested
The Indonesian Navy has retrieved an oil tanker that had been hijacked by pirates off Borneo arresting nine ...
read more →Iran Threatens to Close Strait of Hormuz to US
Iran is threatening to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a major choke-point for oil shipments, to US vessels and its ...
read more →Tanker Thwarts Pirate Attack off Nigeria
The string of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea continues as pirates attempted to board a tanker earlier today while ...
read more →Enrica Lexie Case: Court Orders Return of Italian Marine
One of the two Italian Navy marines, being held in India after they were accused of killing two Indian fishermen in ...
read more →44 Seafarers Captured as Violence Rises in West Africa
44 seafarers have been captured so far this year amid growing violence off the coast of West Africa, new figures ...
read more →Piracy, Maritime Crime Costing Nigeria USD 1.5 Bn a Month
Nigeria is losing about USD 1.5 billion a month due to piracy, armed robbery at sea, smuggling, and fuel supply ...
read more →6 Pirate Attacks in 24 Hours off Nigeria, Two Crew Kidnapped
Two crew members of an offshore supply vessel were kidnapped by pirates while their ship was underway around 97 ...
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