It’s not everyday that an active Merchant Mariner has a one-on-one with the President of the United States. Saturday was the exception for Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama. For a short portion of an hour, Captain Phillips had the ear of the leader of the free world. The White House did not release [...]
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, as [...]
Here is the latest directly from Maersk:
Maersk Alabama Situation: 0600 EDT Update
Norfolk, Va., 9 April 2009: The current situation involving the Maersk Alabama has remained much the same throughout the night. The ship’s crewmembers have been accounted for and are safely aboard the vessel. However, the ship’s captain remains in the custody of the pirates, who departed in one of the ship’s encapsulated life boats on April 8.
The U.S. flagged M/V Maersk Alabama has been hijacked by pirates approximately 280 miles (450 kilometers) northeast of Eyl, a town in the northern Puntland region of Somalia. The ship reportedly has 21 U.S. citizens aboard and is the first U.S. flagged vessel to be hijacked by Somali pirates.
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