Thai-flagged Product Tanker MGT 1 was boarded on September 6 by a group of pirates who tried to take the ship’s oil cargo while the vessel was underwa...

Fast ferry damaged in collision, Greece
Fast ferry SEAJET2 collided with pier on arrival at Kamares port, Sifnos island, Greece, Sea of Crete, at around 1100 LT Sep 6. Starboard hull bow sus...

Japan and UNODC Join Asian Piracy Battle
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is joining several countries in Asia to battle ISIS-inspired pirates in the Sulu and Celebes seas...

Florida Navy Bases Prepare for Irma
Navy installations throughout Florida are preparing for heavy weather as Hurricane Irma approaches South Florida. Commander, Navy Region Southeast, Re...

Corpus Christi, TX, Begins Recovery from Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey made its initial landfall on August 25 in Rockport, TX, less than 30 miles outside of critical crude markets in Corpus Christi, TX. T...

Ferry Refloated From The Rocks
On Sep 6, around 7 p.m. the “Blue Star Patmos” was finally pulled off the rocks off Ios. Earlier, specialized divers had carried out a new...

Medical Emergency Anchors Serenade of the Sea, Man Taken to Hospital
The “Serenade of the Seas” made an emergency stop outside the narrows in St. John’s in the evening of Sep 6, 2017, so an ill man cou...