In relation to the 2010 seizure of a ship bound for Gaza where nine Turks were killed, a Turkish prosecutor is now seeking life sentences for four Israeli commanders involved.

Israel’s military chief of staff during the time of the raid, as well as three other military personnel, will be tried as fugitive defendants. The prosecution will file the indictment after final approval from a chief atto...

May 24, 1917: British naval convoy system introduced

On this day the British Royal Navy introduced a new convoy system to increase security for merchant ships transiting the Atlantic Ocean. The new system had merchant ships travel in groups under Navy protection – a reaction to several successful German U-boat submarine attacks during WWI. Allied countries knew they could not afford to lose any ...

Maersk Line Ltd. has confirmed that pirates in the Gulf of Oman attacked one of their U.S.-flagged cargo ships, Maersk Texas. Fortunately, onboard security guards were able to deter them.

The attack on the ship - a 19,592 dwt vessel which is 486 feet long - took place at noon local time on Wednesday when it was passing through the Gulf of Oman, northeast of the Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, re...

Ever wonder why all the cruise ships sailing out of US mainland ports have a foreign flag, foreign crew, and don’t pay US taxes? Look no further than Washington, DC.

On May 10, 2012 the US Maritime Administration released its “2011 Statistical Snapshot” of the North American cruise industry [MarExNewsletter Volume 10, Edition 56], announcing a “record year” for the industry with 71.8 million pas...