Maersk challenges

[Captain Kong]

When I was in Singapore last week I switched on the TV News, the item was just finishing. something about the Maersk Alabama, showed the stern with the name then it was off. So what was happening to it I dont know.
Brian

[Ivan Cloherty]

Unlucky ship for some Brian, she lost a lot of containers then if I have it correctly two of her armed guards were found dead in their cabin from a drug overdose and/or injections, I stand to be corrected

[robpage]

I saw something recently where an entrepreneur had developed a plastic over rail fitting with a large top curve that stopped bording ladders and grapples grabbing the rail , like a traffic barrier , Rather than copy it here , I found an article in the Daily Mail on - pine about it so show it here ,m http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...es-tracks.html

[Captain Kong]

NAIROBI, Kenya - Two American security officers have been found dead on a ship made famous when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, according to a statement by Seychelles police on Wednesday.



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The two Americans - Jeffrey Reynolds and Mark Kennedy, both 44 - were found dead Tuesday in a cabin on the Maersk Alabama, according to the police. The ship was hijacked by pirates in 2009, an event dramatized in the movie "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks.

The two men's bodies were found on Tuesday in their cabin on the ship where it was berthed in Port Victoria in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles.

The police gave no cause of death but said a post mortem has been scheduled.

The U.S. Coast Guard stated from its headquarters in Washington that it is also investigating the deaths.

"An investigator from our Activities Europe team is actively engaged in a Coast Guard investigation," Lt. Cmdr. Jamie C. Frederick told CBS News.

The Coast Guard has jurisdiction because the Maersk Alabama is a U.S. flagged vessel.

The two men worked for U.S.-based Trident Security, according to the Seychelles police statement. Former military personnel frequently provide security on board ships sailing through the waters off Somalia to provide security against pirate attacks.

Trident Security was founded by former U.S. Navy SEALs in 2000 and employs former special warfare operators to provide security. Requests to Trident for information about the two men were not immediately answered on Wednesday.

The Maersk Line said the cause of death is under investigation but is "not related to vessel operations or their duties as security personnel."

The Maersk Alabama's home port is in Norfolk, Va., where its parent company Maersk Line, Ltd. is also headquartered. The Maersk Alabama transports food aid to East Africa in support of the U.S. government's "Food for Peace" program, according to the company. Crew members also help support the Bee Hive Children's Home in Mombasa, Kenya.





The crew of the Maersk Alabama landed at Andrews Air Force Base to friends and family while Captain Richard Phillips is expected in his home stat...
Several crew members who were aboard the ship when it was hijacked in 2009 are currently suing Maersk Line Ltd. and Mobile, Ala.-based Waterman Steamship Corp. over the attack. The hijacking captured world headlines in 2009 and again when the movie, "Captain Phillips" was released recently. The five-day hijacking standoff ended when Navy SEALs aboard the USS Bainbridge shot and killed three of the pirates who were holding Capt. Richard Phillips in a lifeboat.

Nine crew members in the lawsuit filed in Alabama in 2012 say they suffered physical and emotional injuries after Somali pirates boarded. Some crew members were held at gunpoint with Phillips, and others hid in an engine room.





NAIROBI, Kenya - Two American security officers have been found dead on a ship made famous when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, according to a statement by Seychelles police on Wednesday.




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The two Americans - Jeffrey Reynolds and Mark Kennedy, both 44 - were found dead Tuesday in a cabin on the Maersk Alabama, according to the police. The ship was hijacked by pirates in 2009, an event dramatized in the movie "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks.

The two men's bodies were found on Tuesday in their cabin on the ship where it was berthed in Port Victoria in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles.

The police gave no cause of death but said a post mortem has been scheduled.

The U.S. Coast Guard stated from its headquarters in Washington that it is also investigating the deaths.

"An investigator from our Activities Europe team is actively engaged in a Coast Guard investigation," Lt. Cmdr. Jamie C. Frederick told CBS News.

The Coast Guard has jurisdiction because the Maersk Alabama is a U.S. flagged vessel.

The two men worked for U.S.-based Trident Security, according to the Seychelles police statement. Former military personnel frequently provide security on board ships sailing through the waters off Somalia to provide security against pirate attacks.

Trident Security was founded by former U.S. Navy SEALs in 2000 and employs former special warfare operators to provide security. Requests to Trident for information about the two men were not immediately answered on Wednesday.

The Maersk Line said the cause of death is under investigation but is "not related to vessel operations or their duties as security personnel."

The Maersk Alabama's home port is in Norfolk, Va., where its parent company Maersk Line, Ltd. is also headquartered. The Maersk Alabama transports food aid to East Africa in support of the U.S. government's "Food for Peace" program, according to the company. Crew members also help support the Bee Hive Children's Home in Mombasa, Kenya.




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The crew of the Maersk Alabama landed at Andrews Air Force Base to friends and family while Captain Richard Phillips is expected in his home stat...
Several crew members who were aboard the ship when it was hijacked in 2009 are currently suing Maersk Line Ltd. and Mobile, Ala.-based Waterman Steamship Corp. over the attack. The hijacking captured world headlines in 2009 and again when the movie, "Captain Phillips" was released recently. The five-day hijacking standoff ended when Navy SEALs aboard the USS Bainbridge shot and killed three of the pirates who were holding Capt. Richard Phillips in a lifeboat.

Nine crew members in the lawsuit filed in Alabama in 2012 say they suffered physical and emotional injuries after Somali pirates boarded. Some crew members were held at gunpoint with Phillips, and others hid in an engine room.

[happy daze john in oz]

I only saw the movie yesterday on disc, missed it at the movies. as a movie it was quite good and if you were not aware of the story would consider it to be a good story. But as to the facts, just the facts man, no doubt like the media Hollywood will not let the truth get in the way of a good storyline.