Source: http://www.shipping.nato.int/pages/news_WBIED.aspx WBIED.com note: We just came across this under-reported article: Possible water-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (WBIED) kills one Turkish sailor in South East Turkey. According to open sources: On 22 May a Turkish fisherman reported…
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/20/nuclear-powered-royal-navy-submarine-involved-in-collision No damage to HMS Ambush nuclear reactor or injuries to crew recorded after ‘glancing’ collision off coast of Gibraltar HMS Ambush, which has been forced into port in Gibraltar after a collision with a…
Read Dryad Maritime’s Q1 2016 Maritime Crime Figures Press Release April 13, 2016 Maritime Crime in South East Asia Drops to Lowest Levels for a Decade While Kidnap, Ransom and Sabotage Surge in Gulf of…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/noahs-ark-crashes-into-coast-guard-vessel-you-read-that-right/ A full-size replica of the Ark of Noah is seen after it crashed into a moored coast guard vessel in Oslo harbour, Norway June 10, 2016. NTB Scanpix/Gorm Kallestad A 230-foot long replica of…
Source: http://gothamist.com/2016/05/26/video_ny_harbor_pilot.php How New York Harbor Pilots Master These Treacherous Waters BY SHAYLA LOVE IN NEWS ON MAY 26, 2016 12:41 PM Video by Jessica Leibowitz Just after 12 a.m. on a chilly autumn night in…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/watch-cargo-ship-hits-small-boat-in-gulf-of-izmit/ This incident apparently occurred recently in the Gulf of Izmit. Luckily it appears whoever may have been aboard the small boat did not hurt, but they easily could have.
Source: https://gcaptain.com/owner-of-mystery-oil-tanker-comes-forward-shedding-light-on-abandoned-ship Tamaya 1 washed up along the coast of Liberia. Authorities in Liberia have located the Nigerian owner of the mystery ghost ship that washed up without explanation along Liberia’s coast earlier this month. The…
source: A EU NAVFOR boarding team in the Gulf of Aden. File photo credit: EU NAVFOR Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in…
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/01/pirates-hack-shipping-company/ Seaborne pirates just borrowed a page from their land-based counterparts. A Verizon security report has revealed that raiders hacked a shipping company’s content management system to determine which ships were worth boarding, and where…