The Maritime Executive alerted me to this amazing video of a freefall release of a lifeboat from a record-breaking height. 55 M or 180.4 FT is now the world record for a freefall release of an enclosed lifeboat. At 33 tons, the falling lifeboat and the resulting water entry is a sight to see. The [...]
The news is streaming across all parts of the media now, so I figured I’d close the loop here at the Maritime as well. CNN has reported that Capt. Phillips is free, and on board a U.S. Navy warship. Apparently he jumped into the water, while a Navy Seal team shot and killed 3 of [...]
A very good piece of news indeed. Pirates aboard the captured German ship M/V Hansa Stavanger with 24 hostages on board failed to locate their fellow pirates aboard the lifeboat with Capt. Phillips from the Maersk Alabama. The New York Times reports: The pirates had hoped to use the hijacked 20,000-tonne container vessel, Hansa Stavanger, [...]
An update from overnight. It appears Capt. Phillips attempted to escape the lifeboat by swimming sometime overnight, but was re-captured by the pirates. Some sources are saying that weapons were fired in order to re-capture Phillips, but the Navy is confirming that Phillips remains unharmed. I’m seeing a very troubling report coming across the news [...]
UPDATE V: Maersk Alabama attacked by pirates Maersk Alabama Situation: 1700 EDT Update http://www.maersklinelimited.com We want to respond to inquiries with the most recent information in a consistent manner. First of all, we would like to extend to the families of the crew and the captain of the Maersk Alabama our thoughts and prayers. As [...]
In a relatively lightly published and un-noticed event, the U.S. flagged cargo ship M/V SAGAMORE was attacked and robbed on Aug. 8th by two men with AK-47s near the al-Basrah Oil Terminal, which lies about 19 miles from the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. The SAGAMORE is operated by Sealift Inc., a privately held company [...]
The appearance of the small foreign freighter loaded with over 490 Tamil refugees off the shores of the U.S. and Canadian border in the Pacific Northwest posed a fairly significant challenge to the Canadian Maritime Forces this week. It became a particular challenge for Canada vice the U.S. because the vessel was requesting asylum in [...]
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