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This time it was the U.S. flagged Liberty Sun, a geared bulk cargo ship operated by Liberty Maritime and crewed by U.S. mariners.  Details are sketchy at this point but Information Dissemination is reporting the attack apparently failed, and all aboard are safe.  CNN is also carrying the story.  The ship was carrying humanitarian aid [...]

The Maritime Executive brings us news on the type approval by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) class society of the Ulstein Bridge Alarm System (Ulstein BAS). The system, developed by Ulstein Elektro is specifically designed to enable a near fail-safe, one-man bridge operation through a ladder of alarms or alerts to other qualified navigators, and the master should a situation occur that needs the attention of others.