More than 200 rescued from burning Baltic Sea ferry

"More than 200 passengers have been rescued from a Baltic Sea ferry after it caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn, maritime officials said. At least 20 people suffered light injuries, the German Maritime Emergency Centre said. There were reports of...

Somali pirates hijack two vessels in Gulf of Aden

New Delhi: Another example of Sea pirate near Somalia. Somali pirates have hijacked two vessels in the Gulf of Aden. The International Maritime Bureau on Tuesday said the UK-flagged chemical tanker St. James Park,...

SHIPS FIGHT BACK AGAINST PIRATES - New Anti-Piracy System

Recently, a maritime security company, IMSN, conducted system testing of a not-lethal Anti-Piracy System including safety drills with crewmembers onboard the Horizon, a US flagged container ship operator...

Sentinel-3 ESA’s Next Generation Satellite Scheduled to Launch in

Sentinel-3 satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2013 is the third in a series of five space missions European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. The missions main objective is to determine the...

Dublin 2009 Maritime Festival

I really like Tall Ships and have always looked forward to the annual Maritime festival in Dublin docklands but last year I was slightly disappointed with the selection of ships especially as there were so few of...

N Korea threatens to attack S. Korea warships: Clinton speaks out

North Korea has threatened to attack U.S and South Korea warships that are in the waters near Koreas' disupted maritime border, just two days after firing nuclear test missiles. Meanwhile U.S Secretary of State,...

Maritime blizzard halts travel in Atlantic Canada

A New Year's winter blizzard has swept through the Maritimes in Atlantic Canada, and is causing some New Year's chaos for travelers. About 35 centimetres of snow has already been dumped in Halifax, so the airport...

Internet Launched In Pacific Ocean

We have some exciting news from the team at KVH Industries. Here's a clip from their press release: "Taking a major step toward expanding availability of the mini-VSAT Broadband service, KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) today announced that it has signed a 5-year...

Somali pirates hijack Yemeni ship

Somalian Pirates have seized another cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, the 10th vessel to be captured in 17 days on Tuesday. The ship called Adina belongs to Yemen, The last contact...

UN backs Indian Navy’s efforts to fight sea piracy

After Indian Navy's heroic act against Somalian Pirates, It has received praise from the UN for destroying a “mother vessel” engaged in piracy in the Gulf of Aden a day after pirates forced a hijacked oil...

EU force to fight Somali pirates, video russian warship/pirates

Somali piracy doubled in 2008, 60 ships attacked, $30 million paid in ransom. Sarkozy fights the pirates. The french announcement was made after the EU defence minister meeting at Deauville France VIDEO...

Pirates hijack another vessel, Sept-19

Pirates in war with France already, reach out for new vessels to conquer. At the moment they hold 150 hostages, to release by money paymants. Situation similar to Farc Colombia. " NAIROBI: Pirates seized another...

Coastguards go on strike in Northern Ireland

Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...

Magic Waterproof Coating Allows Gadgets To Work Underwater

In maritime circles there has been a battle raging for at least one thousand years; water vs equipment. This dilemma was magnified when electrical components where first brought aboard ship requiring electricity...

In Which We Explore the Federal Laws that Apply to Cyberstalking

"Tragedies frequently result in flurries of legal activity. Last years witnessed the Myspace tragedy in which a 13 year old girl committing suicide. Unfortunately stalking laws have been clumsy tools that are difficult if not impossible for law enforcement officials to...

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