SYDNEY, March 15 (UPI) -- The captain of a ship that leaked nearly 53,000 gallons of oil along the Australian coast has surrendered his passport as required by officials.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Pirates commandeered a Greek ship carrying a load of coal Sunday off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden, officials said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The captain of a Chinese ship said his crew used a water cannon, Molotov cocktails and beer bottles to fend off Somali pirates attacking the vessel.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Pirates who have seized a Ukrainian ship and its crew have threatened to blow up the ship, which is laden with weapons, if they are not paid $8 million.
LONDON, July 28 (UPI) -- The captain of the British ship whose crew was taken hostage for 13 days by Iran last year has been relieved of command, the government says.
MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The search went on Tuesday for the captain and a crew member of a cargo ship that sank in the South China Sea near the Philippines.
LONDON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A Royal Navy helicopter airlifted the injured captain of a grounded cargo ship Saturday after severe winds repeatedly prevented his rescue, a report said.
LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The captain of a cargo ship has been charged with being drunk when his vessel ran into a North Sea gas platform and sank.
SEATTLE, May 20 (UPI) -- The captain of Celebrity Cruises Mercury was arrested and stripped of his command for suspicion of drunkenness before the ship sailed from Seattle. Coast Guard officials said the captain was tested at Pier 66 Friday before the cruise ship left for Alaska
KITAKYUSHU, Japan, April 6 (UPI) -- Japanese coast guard officials are questioning a sea captain whose cargo ship was attacked by pirates off the coast of Indonesia. Six pirates armed with swords attacked the Panamanian-registered Martha Verity in the Gelasa Strait, about 230 miles north of
