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.
The state funded emergency response tug stationed in Neah Bay, WA received orders to assist the disabled U.S. container ship, Horizon Tacoma after the ship shut down their engines due to smoke coming from the engine’s turbocharger while transiting the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The ship is operated by Horizon Lines. Here is the [...]
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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