Somali pirates are chasing and firing at ships, and are hijacking vessels, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported, adding a warning that the amount of violence is increasing. Piracy […]
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/somali-pirates-are-attacking-vessels-and-hijacking-ships/
Five separate attacks by armed robbers against four large bulk carriers and a general cargo vessel were recorded in the Singapore Straits over the last quarter, the IMB reports. The […]
https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/threat-of-piracy-increases-around-south-east-asia/
A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced to only 27 months in jail on Monday for accepting bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for photos of sensitive U.S. military information. Petty…
https://gcaptain.com/lenient-27-month-jail-term-for-us-navy-sailor-in-china-espionage-case/
The following is a review of the book Dead In The Water, a book about the Brillante Virtuoso, a tragedy that shook the shipping world and left us all in…
https://gcaptain.com/dead-in-the-water-the-best-maritime-book-of-the-year/
by John Konrad (gCaptain) During the Second World War a massive amount of money and materials flowed through New York harbor providing victory for Europe but also profits for the…
https://gcaptain.com/does-mafia-control-port-authority-of-new-york-new-jersey/
By the International Maritime Organization
South Africa has become the 17th...
The attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf of Guinea by Nigerian pirates must end. So far, 99 maritime companies, organisations and flag states, including BIMCO, have signed the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy, which was launched earlier this week.
In 2020, 135 crew were kidnapped from their ships globally, with the Gulf of Guinea accounting for over 95% of the crew numbers kidnapped. This...
A federal jury convicted Gilbert Fajardo Dela Cruz of aiding and abetting an environmental crime and obstruction of justice in connection with the intentional dumping in February of 2019 of oily bilge water from a commercial tanker, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent in Charge Kelly S. Hoyle. The verdict follows a two-week trial before the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge.
“The crew members of the Zao...
On April 16th, WISTA Sweden hosted a webinar where journalist Ian Urbina – Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times investigating reporter, author of best-selling book The Outlaw Ocean and founder of the Outlaw Ocean Project – spoke about the dark side of commercial activities on the oceans.
With several examples from his years of reporting on criminal activity and abuse of human rights in the shipping, offshore and fishing industries, Urbina draws a picture of what he calls the Last Untamed...
A drastic increase in attacks off the coast of Mexico, along with a change in targets from stationary platforms to vessels, and poor socioeconomic conditions, could make the Mexican gulf one to watch when it […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/maritime-crime-in-mexico-on-the-rise/