Britney Spears Music Used to Ward Off Somali Pirates – Reports Addressed (watch video)

Cargo Ship Catches Fire Near Iceland [PHOTOS]

Image courtesy Icelandic Coast Guard

Kiel Canal Remains Closed following Ship Collision [PHOTOS]

MV Siderfly as seen 10.28.2013. Image Credit: CCME

The Kiel Canal in Germany remained closed Tuesday after a Monday morning ship collision left one vessel in danger of sinking and leaking diesel into the busy waterway.

First Zumwalt Class Stealth Destroyer Launched in Maine (US)

BATH, Maine (Oct. 28, 2013) The Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 1000 is floated out of dry dock at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard. U.S. Navy photo

Collision Closes Germany’s Kiel Canal

The MV Siderfly seen listing along an embarkment of Germany Kiel canal

U.S. Coast Guard Searching for Missing Crew member in Gulf of Mexico

Edison Chouest Threatened by Nigerian Locals Before Kidnapping

U.S. Marine Regulations to Cost Canadian Economy 1.1 Billion Dollars in Future

A report released yesterday by the Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) has found that American regulations to require the installation of ballast water treatment equipment on Canadian domestic vessels beginning in 2014 will cost the Canadian economy 1.1 billion dollars over the next five years.

Nigerian Navy To Attempt Rescue Of American Captain And Chief Engineer

Pak arrests 40 Indian fishermen for crossing ill-defined Arabian Sea maritime border

Pakistan on Thursday arrested at least 40 Indian fishermen for allegedly straying into its waters while on a routine fishing trip, a news channel reported.

Somali Pirates Sentenced in Mombasa for 2010 Hijacking

MOMBASA, Kenya, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Four Somali pirates were sentenced to seven years each in prison on Wednesday by a Kenyan court that found them guilty of hijacking a fishing dhow in the Indian Ocean in 2010.

Nigerian Security Personnel Allegedly Killed, Edison Chouest Supply Boat Attacked

“Things are definitely getting more intense here,” remarked one of our sources working offshore Nigeria this afternoon.

A security boat manned with Joint Task Force (JTF) Nigeria personnel was allegedly attacked by militants this morning off Brass, Nigeria.  According to one of our sources, all JTF personnel were killed and their weapons taken by the militants.

After 151 Years, NOAA to Stop Printing Nautical Charts

By the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which creates and maintains the nation’s suite of a thousand nautical charts of U.S. coastal waters, has announced major changes ahead for mariners and others who use nautical charts. Starting April 13, 2014, the federal government will no longer print traditional lithographic (paper) nautical charts.

Document Contradicts Indian Government’s Claim  Over Ship Arrest

 

As the media responds to the recent arrest of the vessel MV SEAMAN GUARD OHIO, the 
predominant headlines report that the armed vessel violated Indian sovereignty by sailing within the country’s 12 nautical mile “territorial waters” limit. A newly released document from the Tamil Nadu Police tells a different story...

NOAA UPDATE On Record Breaking High Ocean Temperatures

According to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this summer most of the world’s oceans witnessed record warm temperatures.

NOAA says that the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces during August 2013 was