Source: https://gcaptain.com/little-green-boats-japan-high-alert In this photo released by the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters of Japan, a Chinese coast guard vessel sails near disputed East China Sea islands Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/turkish-ro-ro-runs-residential-community-southern-greece/ Turkish Ro-Ro Runs Into Residential Community In Southern Greece September 5, 2016 by John Konrad RoRo SAFFET BEY Aground Neapoli, South Peloponnese, Greece very close to residential homes. The Turkey flagged RoRo SAFFET BEY ran hard aground…
Source: Gunmen in Nigeria’s restive southern Niger Delta region, which has been hit by a series of militant attacks on energy facilities since the start of the year, have kidnapped 14 local oil workers and…
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37257236 “The first thing they ask you is if you have an AK-47 – and if you can swim,” says Abdirizak Ahmed. That, he says, is what pirate networks want of their new recruits. Mr…
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….