I admit, I’ve always been intrigued by the history of Russian ships. With my own copy of Norman Polmar’s Guide to the Soviet Navy, I often thumb through the pages and wonder where the once grand ships are today. In a rare find, here is the story to one of the most interesting ships in the old Soviet fleet.

For those keeping up with vessel tracking technology, Bryant’s Maritime Blog alerts us that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on the review of vessel tracking systems used by the Coast Guard.  Specifically, the report focuses on the duplication of data that the two primary long range tracking methods provide which include [...]

Fairplay reports that the foul smelling Ukrainian freighter Beriks, finally received assistance yesterday from the Ukranian Border Guard. The ship has been marooned at sea since it left the Georgian port of Poti in December of 2008.  Read more in my earlier post on this ship. Fairplay reported – Oleg Nyshpor, the head of 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 [...]

This came my way from Wired Magazine, in an article about the Somali pirates homemade hijacking videos. It is an interesting glimpse into life on board a hijacked ship sitting just off the coast of Somalia. A lot of waiting, quiet, and still. There is an odd sense of a kid in a candy store [...]