This original story was published by ISWAN, South Asia Excruciating 70 days in captivity: An Indian seafarer, Mr. Chaudhary, who was recently released from the captivity of Nigerian pirates shared his traumatic and horrific ordeal with ISWAN South Asia (India). ISWAN India contacted the seafarer and offered humanitarian support on behalf of the programme. During […]
Tadeusz Nowicki was sailing in his yacht near Bali when 10 armed pirates boarded the yacht and robbed everything. Following items were stolen like passport, Radio, Food, Fuel and even steering wheel was taken off by the pirates. And was left to die, without food and water. Tadeusz was able to activate emergency positioning indicating […]
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 […]
As per the recent news coming from the shipping industry, a pirate attack took place on a container vessel, named TOMMI RITSCHER at Cotonou Anchorage, Benin, Gulf of Guinea. The vessel was at anchorage. The pirate came in speed boat. But ship already informed the coast guard. Upon seeing navy ship coming, the pirate boat […]
No, Piracy is not a “GOOD” thing for shipping industry. We changed the title so that you can know about how grim the situation of maritime piracy is and why it is the worst thing happened to the shipping sector. Latest Orkim Harmony Piracy activity again raised the question on the maritime safety. Why Maritime Piracy is Worse […]
Get to know about sso course security, sso course cost, sso course fees, sso course mandatory, sso eligibility in this post. Ship Security Officer Course is the new course added in the STCW 2010. Due to increasing number of piracy and other security related events at sea and at ports, it was felt that there has to be a course which […]
Who is a Stowaway, What they do, what to do if you find a Stowaway, and why this is a problem for the shipping industry? Let’s read about it in a detailed manner. Stowaways as name suggests is willful act by the people to transits to another other country in illegal manner. Well there are various standards terms that […]
Orkim Harmony which is an Oil tanker, went missing on 11th June, and was said to be captured by the pirates in order to steal the oil. The event took place near the Strait of Malacca-southwest of Pulau region. This event was accompanied by several other piracy activities in this region. Update 2: All the […]