Last month pirates on the West Coast of Africa near Benin attacked a container vessel – Tommi Ritscher and kidnapped 8 crew members including Captain of the ship. Bulgarian nationality Captain, along with other crew members, was in captivity for more than 1 month as we see from the news that is coming from various […]
Author: MG Staff
USS Oakland Passes Trials For Acceptance
The littoral combat ship, USS Oakland have successful passed in the trials that were conducted in gulf of Mexico by the builder Austal for its acceptance. As you must be aware the 12th of Independence class-LCS 24- is being made for United States Navy. It is made for littoral combat as they are fast, easy […]
19 Filipino Seafarers Stuck on a Ship off the Coast Of Charleston
MV Evolution- Bulk Carrier (Liberian Flag) was abandoned by its owners when US authorities detained the ship in Charleston. For four months crew was not paid for their work and they are stuck on ship. Out 21 crew, 19 are Filipinos, 1 Jordanian and 1 Lebanese. The vessel was sold to a new owner so […]
[Video]-40 Containers lost At Sea From APL England
MV APL England was transiting from China to Melbourne for loading and discharging container in next port. Vessel faced heavy weather around 40nm miles off the coast of Sydney. Weather was so rough that around 40 containers were overboard from the ship and around 80 containers have been damaged. As per the news, ship experienced […]
Indian 3rd officer goes missing from Bulk Carrier- Foul Play?
An Indian 3rd Officer ( Mr. Subobrata Biswal) went missing from a Bulk Carrier named as MV Federal Mayumi- Anglo Eastern. He hails from Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. As per the official letter which was issued by the company (Anglo Eastern), he did his regular watch of 8:00-12:00, and was relieved by 2nd mate on 13th […]
2nd Engineer Unable to Attend Last Rites of His Wife, Being Stuck At Sea
Mr Nayak, 2nd Engineer in one of the reputed companies of the world was unable to attend the last rites of his wife due to lockdown all over the globe due to corona epidemic. After suffering from acute leukemia, his wife died on 29th April. Upon hearing this news he was totally shattered onboard and […]
Air Travel to Become Normal Only by 2023- Report
Amid the corona outbreak and lockdown everywhere, experts believe that air travel will become normal only by 2023. A survey which was conducted by a organization, said that 67% people think that they would like to stay home rather than going for 14 day quarantine in other country. Also the fear that this virus has […]
Canadian Citizen Sentenced for 200 gallons Meth Smuggling on Sail Boat
A senior citizen from Canada who was arrested, has been sentenced to 40 months federal prison after he was caught with about 200 gallons liquid methamphetamine on his sailboat. He was going from Mexico to Canada on his sailboat (Mandalay). 66 year old was somewhere near to about 225 nautical miles off Newport, Oregon in […]
USS Portland Tests Laser Weapon At Sea
USS Portland tested its high-energy laser weapon system by shooting laser at a drone and putting it down. This was Navy first of kinds testing of such setup and one step more into the development of such more complex and high power weapons. An unmanned vehicle was made target by laser system. Such tests give […]
Shipping Companies Pushing Seafarers to Sign Contract Extension
We are aware about the whole NO crew change happening in the world and subsequent petition and discussion for bringing them back. While some countries have started crew change in their home ports, but mostly it is not that easy as companies say. So what to do? Top ship managing companies are pushing seafarers to […]