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Video: The Ocean Cleanup System 001 Trial Success
The NGO The Ocean Cleanup has released video footage of its System 001's Pacific trials. Tests conducted with the…
U.K. to Step Up Arctic Patrols to Counter Russian Polar Threat
A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker escorts ships on the Northern Sea Route, July 14 2016. Photo credit: knyazev…
VIDEO: Fire Destroys Superyacht off Dubrovnik (Croacia)
On the morning of September 7, the newly-built superyacht Kanga caught fire 15 nm off the popular cruise port of…
Armed Pirates Abduct Two Crew Members in Sulu-Celebes Seas
Pirates armed with M16 rifles boarded the fishing trawler F/B Sri Dewi 1 while the vessel was underway off eastern…
The Ocean Cleanup Launches First System
The Dutch non-profit Ocean Cleanup launched the world’s first ocean cleanup system from the San Francisco Bay on…
VIDEO: Tanker Smashes Bridge as Typhoon Jebi Slams Japan
A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Japan’s Kansai International Airport with the mainland on Tuesday as a…
VIDEO: Lab Simulation with Rogue Waves
It’s a sailor’s worst nightmare. A monster wave that comes out of nowhere, two to three times bigger than the…
VIDEO: Fire on Greek Ferry Forces Evacuation
Just after midnight on Tuesday, a fire broke out on the vehicle deck of the ferry Eleftherios Venizelos as she was…
7 Ships Grounded off Kaohsiung Harbour after Battling Violent Waves
Seven ships are stranded outside the Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan having succumbed to heavy winds and violent waves…
Three Crew Missing after VLCC Suffers Explosion
Three people are reported missing after an explosion ripped through the VLCC M.T. Desh Vaibhav, owned by the…
