Cargo ship crushes tugboat in Panama Canal

According to information from “Dominica News Online” and “Dominica Air and Sea Ports Authority”

Charleston Harbor pilots play crucial role in safely navigating ships to port

A court sentenced a captain to a total of 30 months imprisonment: It had been proven beyond doubt that the side ropes had been manipulated to make a ship inspection more difficult or to prevent it.

Ramsgate RNLI crews were called in to help a pilot boat beached at Broadstairs last night (December 7).

Watch also (video of the accident)
Unofficial internal company timeline report

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, with its e-Navigation, will contribute to the global maritime ICT. It established and announced basic and implementation plan on the 1st Korean e-Navigation service.

Safehaven Marine have launched another new Pilot boat, there 20th Interceptor 48 and 46th pilot vessel overall for the River Plate pilots in Montevideo, Uruguay. ‘Belgrano’ named after the famous Argentine general, will operate on the River Plate estuary, also famous for being the place of the first naval battle during the second world war, where the German battle cruiser, the Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled.

posted on YouTube by "Marine Online"
Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is turned on its side or it is upside down in the water. The act of reversing a capsized vessel is called righting. If a capsized vessel has enough flotation to prevent sinking, it may recover on its own if it is not stable inverted. Vessels of this design are called self-righting.
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"Out of control" container ship prompts temporary closure of Ravenel Bridge; remains anchored outside Charleston Harbor