I came across this post over at the English Russia blog providing a great glimpse inside the nuclear icebreaker LENIN. I love finding detailed photos of unique ships like this on the web, and figured I’d share this one here. For a little history on the Lenin, it was the first nuclear powered surface ship [...]
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 [...]
This comes our way via the Benicia Herald – The last Victory cargo ship moored in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is expected to be towed today to San Francisco Ship Repair, a spokesman from Office of Congressional and Public Affairs said. The SS Winthrop Victory is scheduled to depart the fleet at 10:30 a.m. [...]
This came to us via Towmasters. We have a video that shows an assist tug getting squeezed or pinched against a pier by a CMA CGM container ship during what appears to be a mooring evolution gone horribly wrong. It took place in the Port of Constanta, Romania and appears to have happened sometime in [...]
The Coast Guard has suspended their search for two missing crew members who reportedly fell overboard off the M/V HANJIN PRETORIA in the North Pacific on a voyage from Long Beach, CA to Asia.
Here’s something we came across at Disleduck’s site – some incredible infographics depicting the cost and impact of modern day piracy. These were created by the site TravelInsurance.org and provide a good visual on the problem the world faces as modern day piracy continues to exist. For more on the effort to campaign for an [...]
It’s nearly the end of the road for the old Coast Guard Icebreaker GLACIER, WAGB-4. The ship has left the Suisun Reserve Fleet, entered the Mare Island Drydock for hull cleaning, and is now under tow to Brownsville for scrapping. The ship had been moored in the mothball fleet since 1991 following decommissioning in 1987. The ship [...]
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