Commandos land on deck of seized tankr Advantage Sweet

VIDEO: Iranian Navy releases video of Advantage Sweet seizure

Iranian Navy footage has appeared on YouTube showing yesterday’s seizure of the Marshall Islands flagged tanker Advantage Sweet while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman. While Iranian state-controlled media outlets

5th fleet says Iran seized tanker

5th Fleet: Iran seizes Marshall Islands flagged tanker

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command reports that on April 27 at approximately 1:15 p.m. local time, the Marshall Islands flagged tanker Advantage Sweet was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy

Bonhomme Richard ship fire

GAO: Navy needs to up ship fire prevention efforts

According to the Navy, more than $4 billion in estimated total damage resulted from 15 major fire incidents that occurred onboard ships undergoing maintenance from May 2008 through July 2020. Two ships

Kodiak Enterprise fire response has coocluded

Kodiak Enterprise fire: Unified command stands down

The unified command created in response to the fire aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise was stood down Friday, April 21. The fire broke out aboard the catcher processor around 3.20 a.m.

warship near-miss was caught on webcam

VIDEO: Warship near-miss report emerges

Thanks to the efforts of San Diego broadcaster NBC7 a redacted version of a Navy investigation into a “near miss”encounter between two warships last year has been getting more attention than it

Hijacked tanker Fortune 9 seen after incident

Hijacked tanker found: Crew safe

A Singapore-registered tanker boarded by unidentified persons on April 10 and missing since then has been found, with the crew all safe. The hijacked tanker, the 6,135 dwt products tanker Fortune 9,

maritime cyber threat report

ABS Wavesight adds ransomware defense and response to its offering

ABS Wavesight, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) company launched by ABS last November, is teaming with managed detection and response (MDR) cybersecurity service provider ActZero to deliver operators 24/7 ransomware defense and response. ActZero

Fire detection and notification system inadequacies likely prolonged Kodiak Enterprise fire

Kodiak Enterprise fire: Response continues

The unified command responding to the fire that broke out aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise on April 10 (see earlier story) said yesterday that firefighting crews from Tacoma Fire Department and

USCG is to crack down on small passenger vessel fire safety

Fire safety: USCG in crackdown on small passenger vessels

Fortunately, there have been no recent incidents on the scale of the 2019 California dive boat fire that killed 34 people. Nonetheless, in a Marine Safety Information Bulletin issued April 6,(MSIB Number:

fishing vessel fire

VIDEO: Tacoma fishing vessel fire brings shelter in place order

Residents in areas of Tacoma, Wash., were under a shelter in place order yesterday as a unified command continued its response to a major fishing vessel fire. The vessel, the 1977-built, 276

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