Missing General Cargo Ship over 25 years of age in Black Sea.

A General Cargo vessel, flag - foreign, GRT- 3009t, built in 1982, owned and managed by foreign shipping company completed loading of steel billets on 16.02. 2008 in one of the foreign ports in [...]


Maritime body issues S. China Sea piracy warning

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Ships have been told to keep a lookout to guard against pirate attacks in the South China Sea off eastern Malaysia following an attack on a vessel last week, the International Maritime Bureau said on Sunday.
The warning came after pirates attacked a coal ship 10 nautical miles off the coast of the eastern Malaysian island [...]


Legal Hurdles in West Slow Pursuit of Pirates

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Somali pirates firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked yet another ship in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, this time seizing a chemical tanker. A German military helicopter from a nearby warship arrived in time to pull three security guards out of the water, but not soon enough to prevent the hijacking of the [...]


Indian Maritime University ties up with global schools, IIMs for courses

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Chennai, Nov. 25 The newly formed Indian Maritime University (IMU) has tied up with five international institutions and with the IIMs in Ahmedabad and Bangalore to offer various maritime-related courses.
IMU has tied up with Dalian Maritime University (for MBA in port management), with Shanghai Maritime University and Antwerp University (for MBA in international [...]


Canada to launch search for missing explorer ships.

TORONTO: Canada said on Friday it will search for two fabled British explorer ships that disappeared in the Arctic more 160 years ago, fearing melting ice caused by global warming could entice others to find and plunder the underwater tombs.
Environment Minister John Baird announced the Parks Canada-led search for British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin’s [...]