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:https://gcaptain.com/israel-to-use-new-sea-borne-missile-defense-to-guard-offshore-gas-fields A screen-shot taken from Israel Defence Forces (IDF) handout video footage received on May 18, 2016, shows a test-firing of a version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile interceptor. Handout via REUTERS. JERUSALEM, May 18…
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Source: Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Hans Fairhurst Another brazen attack off Nigeria as pirates board and kidnap two crew members from a containership underway. The ship has been identified as the Liberian-flagged CMA CGM Turquoise, a 4,360 TEU containership…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/months-boredom-moments-terror Watch Officer Daniel Sullivan takes a bearing of a surface contact in a congested waterway. Photo by Petty Officer Prince Hughes Could a new system of training prevent incidents by teaching watch officers how to achieve a state of…