A regional piracy-monitoring agency in Singapore said maritime attacks in Asia in the first nine months of the year dropped 11 percent compared to 2007 and 32 percent from 2006.
A regional piracy-monitoring agency in Singapore said maritime attacks in Asia in the first nine months of the year dropped 11 percent compared to 2007 and 32 percent from 2006.
The Saudi-owned supertanker loaded with more than $100 million worth of crude oil is the largest ship ever hijacked, according to U.S. Navy officials.
Mainland China’s negotiator on Taiwan signed a milestone agreement with his counterpart in Taipei, expanding flights and permitting shipping links.
The country is in chaos, but one line of work — piracy — seems to be benefiting quite openly from all the lawlessness and desperation.
An Iranian naval commander said that Iran had created the base to counter hostile forces, in what was clearly an allusion to American Navy vessels patrolling nearby.
The new rules would cut the sulfur content of the fuels ships use in controlled areas along coasts by 63 percent as of July of 2010.
While the pirate group that hijacked the Ukrainian vessel off Somalia’s coast, no party has yet stepped forward to pay it.
A fire that tore through a famous 19th-century British ship in May 2007 probably started when a vacuum cleaner used for renovation work burst into flames.
Somali pirates in a hijacked ship carrying more than 30 battle tanks were steaming toward a notorious pirate den on Saturday and demanding a ransom.