I had to look through this several times, and still don’t believe what I see. Take it with a grain of salt, as the original story comes from China. I thought I’d post it here anyways, as it is certainly interesting, and if true, absolutely amazing. Because we don’t even see the dolphins and the suspected pirates in the same photo, I wonder how true this story is.

I saw a comment post on gcaptain that sparked my interest. It said “Time to bring back the Q ships”. While the entire world now engages in discussing how to stop piracy, I took a moment to research this, as I did not recall what exactly the Q ships were. Q ships where heavily armed merchant ships used in WWI and WWII with concealed weaponry that were designed to lure enemy subs into engaging them in a surface attack. Essentially decoy ships.

Maritime security – A topic that has recieved near continual attention since 9/11 and was re-enforced following the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Are we addressing the right aspects? Do our current regulations effectively create a secure maritime domain? Are we more secure along our maritime borders than 4 years ago? What about 8 years ago?

I took a trip to Ireland recently and learned a surprising bit of history concerning one of my favorite brews, Guinness.  Did you know that Guinness shipped a good amount of the “black stuff” over to England with their very own beer tankers?  Talk about a great gig!  If you go way back, you find [...]

“We’ve fetched up hard aground, north of Goose Island, off Bligh Reef and evidently leaking some oil and we’re gonna be here for a while.” Exxon Valdez has indeed been here a while.  One can only wonder if CAPT Hazelwood realized the impact his ship would have on the maritime industry when he made that [...]