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...

Reporting Errors in San Francisco Oil Spill.

gCaptain's editors have been amazed lately by the number of errors in both media reports and political commentary related to the the container ship Cosco Busan that allided with San Francisco's Bay Bridge. We...

Warning of Ecological Disaster as Oil Tanker Sinks in Storm

A severe storm broke a small Russian oil tanker off the Ukrainian port of Kerch on Sunday, spilling up to 2,000 tons of fuel oil in what environmental official Oleg Mitvol described as a disaster.   The...

Tanker Grounded off Coney Island, NY

This just in from gCaptain.com After experiencing a steering problem the tanker “White Sea” ran aground off of Coney Island New York. The Gotahamist tells us: " The White Sea, has run aground in the Ambrose Channel, which is a shipping channel south of Lower New York Bay,...

Massive Philippines oil spill raises health fears

"Hundreds of people have fallen sick and one man has died in central Philippines following the country's worst ever oil spill, health officials said.The health department has sent medical teams to Guimaras island,...

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