Month: February 2012
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Cruise Liner Under Tow
Two tug boats continued to steam toward the stranded cruise ship on Tuesday but were not expected to reach it until the afternoon. The tugs will tow the Costa Allegra […]
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Argentina Refuses Cruise Ships
Two cruise ships carrying nearly 3,000 passengers have been turned away from an Argentine port apparently because they had visited the Falklands. Argentina blocks British-linked ships in Falklands spat By […]
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Cruise Ship Adrift
Italian cruise ship adrift off Seychelles after fire A fire broke out Monday in the generator room of an Italian cruise ship, the Costa Allegra, leaving it adrift off the […]
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IMO Stance on Killing of Fishermen
According to Lee Adamson, head of the IMO’s public information services, the incident which occurred off the coast of Kerala on 15 February, does not fall under the purview of […]
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Letter from the Titanic
A two-page note John Edward Simpson wrote to his mother days before the ship sank in April 1912 is to expected to fetch at least $50,000 at the auction later […]
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Inaugural SCEG Conference
The SCEG is a special interest group within the UK’s aerospace, defence and security trade association, ADS Group. The SCEG was appointed by the UK Government in June 2011 as […]
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Fighting Drugs
Two San Diego-based Coast Guard cutters regularly work off the western coast of South America to play a part in the long-running war against drugs. TAKING FIGHT ON DRUGS TO […]
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Spanish warship joins EUNAVFOR
ESPS INFANTA ELENA, a Descubierta class corvette, joins the EUNAVFOR operation ATALANTA today, 27 February. ESPS INFANTA ELENA, commissioned into the Spanish Navy in April 1980 is a patrol ship […]
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SA jack up navy to combat Somali piracy
International shipping lines are seriously thinking about the safety of their vessels transiting East African waters as the threat of Somali piracy grows, says Defence and Military Veterans Affairs Minister […]
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‘Everyone died, except for me’
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Struma, the greatest maritime disaster in the history of the secret immigration enterprise and the worst civilian maritime disaster […]
