NAIROBI, Kenya -- In a riveting high-seas drama, an unarmed American crew wrested control of their U.S.-flagged cargo ship from Somali pirates Wednesday and sent them fleeing to a lifeboat with the captain as hostage. The destroyer USS Bainbridge, one of a half-dozen warships that headed for the area, arrived at the scene Thursday morning a few hours before dawn, said Kevin Speers, a spokesman for the company that owns the Maersk Alabama. He said the boat with the pirates was floating near the ship, the first with an American crew to be taken by pirates off the Horn of Africa.
MOSCOW -- A Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa, according to French and Russian officials. There was no immediate information about the condition of the crew or whether there was anyone else onboard. The Arctic Sea -- carrying a load of timber and 15 Russian sailors -- disappeared after passing through the English Channel on July 28. The Maltese-flagged freighter sent radio messages as it sailed along the coasts of France and Portugal, but then all contact was lost.
The Snow Bird floats unremarkably, moored by thick blue ropes to Pier 10 in Canton, its engine rumbling softly and thin white plumes wafting from its smokestack. Up the gangway to the main deck of the red, white and yellow 313- foot cargo ship, floor plans, anti-littering signs and maritime- related water-color prints adorn the walls of the dimly lit corridors. Bananas rest next to the flatware in the mess rooms. Crew members hose down the deck or watch "Casos de Familia" on a fuzzy Univision channel in the lounge.
NAIROBI, Kenya -- U.S. helicopters on Monday buzzed a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship carrying 33 Soviet-designed tanks and other weapons that officials fear could end up in the hands of al-Qaida- linked militants in Somalia if the pirates are allowed to escape. Thursday's seizure of the MV Faina off Somalia, a failed state seen as a key battleground in the war on terrorism, could bring dangerous effects across the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
By Kenneth Chang The New York Times
HOUSTON, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The residents of the International Space Station will receive a second shipment of food, fuel and supplies this week. NASA Television will provide a live broadcast of the Russian cargo ship's arrival Saturday, Jan. 29. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO)
MOSCOW - The workaday cargo ship the Arctic Sea, which for decades plowed the world's waterways in obscurity, had to disappear to be thrust into a swirling drama of rumors and intrigue. The plot thickened Saturday as a Russian maritime expert reported signals from the ship's tracking device and Finnish authorities said there was a ransom demand.
The Snow Bird, the rundown cargo ship that has been held in Baltimore by creditors and the U.S. Coast Guard ever since it arrived nearly two years ago, has sold at court-ordered auction -- again. The vessel, which once carried building materials and food commodities around the Caribbean, went for $249,000 after a tedious incremental bidding war Wednesday morning between three American scrappers and a man with ties to the ship's former Guyanese and Trinidadian owners.
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