At least seven people died when a fire broke out on a passenger boat off the coast of the Philippines on May 22 morning. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) told radio station DZBB Super Radyo that five men and two …
The United States will soon announce plans to improve maritime domain awareness to combat illegal fishing in the Pacific. Deputy Assistant to the President and Indo-Pacific Policy Coordinator Kurt Campbell said during a forum at Washington’s Center for Strategic and …
The principal judicial organ of the United Nations ruled Thursday that Colombia has violated Nicaragua’s sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the latter’s exclusive maritime zone. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) favored Nicaragua, nine to six votes, over the said …
The United States Navy is investigating the deaths of three sailors from the USS George Washington aircraft carrier after they were found dead in less than one week. A sailor, whose name has not yet been released, was found unresponsive …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) on Friday claimed it has seized a foreign vessel in the Persian Gulf loaded with 250 thousand liters of smuggled diesel fuel. The name of the ship has not been released. A spokesman for IRGC’s …
Ukrainian armed forces have struck Russian Moskova warship in the Black Sea with missile strikes, Ukrainian government officials said on April 13. “Neptune missiles… caused very serious damage to the Russian ship,” Odessa Governor Maksym Marchenko said on Telegram. Anton …
A Dominican cargo ship sunk while at berth in the port of Mariupol in Ukraine after Russian armed forces fired two missile attacks, the Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Administration reported. The Russian armed forces heavily fired upon the cargo vessel …
Turkey’s Navy stopped maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait to detonate a mine that had drifted into the strait from the Black Sea. The Russian military had warned Turkey that mines had drifted from Ukrainian ports. In a televised statement, …
As many as 12 migrants trying to reach Italy from Tunisia have drowned after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean on Friday, just one day after the UN migration agency said that around 70 migrants have gone missing at sea …
U.S, Coast Guard, and the Maryland Department of the Environment said they were still trying to re-float the Ever Forward and that no injuries, pollution, or damage to the vessel. Ever Forward reportedly ran itself aground in Maryland waters near …
