Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysian-oil-tanker/3050696.html A file photo of the Vier Harmoni, a Malaysian oil tanker that was hijacked on Tuesday. (Photo: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency on Facebook) KUALA LUMPUR: An oil tanker, which was earlier reported to have been…
Source: gCaptain For today’s Ship Photo Of The Day, U.S. Coast Guard members practice shooting the M240 machine gun from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton. Stratton (WMSL-752) is the third Legend-class cutter…
Source:https://gcaptain.com/sightseeing-boat-hits-three-vessels-in-boston-harbor The Boston Harbor Cruises boat Regency. Photo: Boston Harbor Cruises A Boston Harbor Cruises sightseeing boat smashed into three other vessels Saturday afternoon after suffering a mechanical failure as it approached Boston’s Long Wharf…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/italy-heightens-security-level-at-tourist-ports / Reuters Venice, Italy. Pixabay/pcdazero ROME, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Italy raised the security level at its tourist ports on Thursday, a coastguard spokesman said, meaning intensified controls of people and vehicles during the…
IED hunters adapt to sophisticated threats Source:http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/print/volume-26/issue-6/special-report/ied-hunters-adapt-to-sophisticated-threats.html Improvised explosive devices have been the most lethal enemy threat to U.S. forces during military operations in Southwest Asia. Counter-IED technologies are adapting to ever-more-sophisticated IED threats. BY…
Cruise Ship and Tanker Collide in Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait Source: http://gcaptain.com/celestyal-crystal-cruise-ship-and-tanker-collide-in-turkey A Celestyal cruise ship was involved in a collision with a tanker carrying flammable naphtha early Saturday morning in the Dardanelles strait near Gallipoli, Turkey….
Source: http://gcaptain.com/vlcc-collides-with-giant-msc-boxship-in-singapore-strait MSC Alexandra file photo. An Iranian Very Large Crude Carrier and a large containership collided in the busy Singapore Strait late Wednesday night, causing damage to both ships but luckily no injuries or reports…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/watch-cargo-ship-hits-villa-in-bosphorus-strait Some new video has emerged showing the moment a cargo ship slammed into a villa in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait. As we reported last year, the incident occurred July 21, 2015 when the 106m Sierra Leone-flagged…
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/26/world/asia/ap-as-koreas-tensions.html SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday accused rival North Korea of floating propaganda leaflets down a river in the first such incident. South Korea’s military discovered dozens of plastic bags, each carrying…
The following series is from a publication by Scott V. Truver entitled MINES AND UNDERWATER IEDS IN U.S. PORTS AND WATERWAYS. Register and download the complete PDF here THE M/UWIED DEFENSE CHALLENGE The United States confronts the…