merchant mariners

…US 6th Fleet confirmed yesterday’s incident involving several US Marines in Izmir. Local Turkish authorities also claim that the assailants have been arrested, though no independent verification of this is possible. The situation regarding the…

…northern Europe and talk about the recent cable cutting incident so suspect number one is the Chinese Merchant vessel yeang 3 this is a bulk Cargo Carrier vessel uh that is of course Chinese flagged and…

…IRANIAN TARGETING OF MERCHANT SHIPPING REMAINS CONSTANT.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Middle East: The war escalated again overnight, with the United States beginning the series of strikes on bridges and infrastructure targets intended to soften up…

…2/7 Marines began movement into the area yesterday, while the roughly 2,000 National Guard forces continue mobilization. Overnight, looting and rioting continued throughout the downtown LA area, with pockets of rioting emerging in Little…

…NATO has pledged to increase their military naval presence in the Baltic as a result of the suspected Russian and/or Chinese merchant vessels which are being investigated by NATO for being involved in anchor-dragging…

…due to security reasons it is not possible to confirm this with open source methods yet the merchant vessel rubar is also not emitting public AIS tracking data so verifying her position requires manual verification via…

…SURVIVING CREW OF MERCHANT VESSEL RESCUED IN GULF OF ADEN. NYC DEPLOYS SOLDIERS, POLICE TO SUBWAY AMID HIGH CRIME.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE----- -International Events- Red Sea/HOA: The Indian Navy rescued the surviving crew of the M…

More strategically, the hard to predict nature of the conflict has kept most western-aligned merchant traffic from attempting the transit. The only way for a merchant to clear the Strait without getting targeted by the…

…Several strikes were reported within Iran, along with the Iranian targeting of another merchant vessel on Saturday. Sunday morning, Qatar stated that a small merchant vessel was struck by an Iranian munition somewhere off their coastline…

…of cannibalism in the capital city the US Embassy has evacuated non-essential personnel and a US Marine Corps fast team has been deployed to supplement the security teams in the vicinity of the embassy in…

…as before yesterday two ships were attacked in typical fashion by houthi forces with varying success the merchant vessel Sunan was reportedly struck by two houthi missiles with the crew abandoning ship due to uncontrolled fires…

…Marines onboard these vessels is to provide onboard security teams for merchant vessels passing through high-risk areas, if the situation calls for it. This is a long-standing mission set, and one that even China…

…or challenge coins for this operation is unlikely to mean much if the Diplomatic Security Service US Marine Corps fast teams jtf or other agencies are called into action 6 months from now to defend a…

…Strikes on merchant shipping continued to escalate over the past 48 hours. Several ships were struck over the weekend with a variety of munitions, and strikes continued throughout the day within the Strait itself, as well…

…This fleet reduction is allegedly due to the dwindling numbers of Merchant Mariners that are able to help crew and maintain various classes of support vessel. Most of the vessels marked for placement into “extended maintenance…

…IRAN CONFIRMS MINES LAID IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ, MERCHANT VESSELS REMAIN HESITANT TO TRANSIT STRAIT. ARMY DEPLOYED IN IRELAND TO CLEAR FUEL CRISIS PROTESTERS FROM ROADWAYS AS DEMONSTRATIONS SWEEP THE NATION.//  -----BEGIN TEARLINE-----   -International Events- Middle…

…Another merchant vessel, the M/T *PACIFIC TANTAI* rescued the crew from liferafts, and a US Navy Destroyer also responded to the scene to take on the crew. The vessel remains adrift as she sinks, and…