MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 8 (UPI) -- Somali pirates who boarded a U.S.-flagged cargo ship and were overpowered by its crew Wednesday reportedly took the ship's captain hostage, officials said.
SAN DIEGO, March 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has launched its newest dry cargo ship, which was built by General Dynamics' National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. subsidiary.
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.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- General Dynamics says it is progressing on a U.S. Navy contract by laying the keel for its ninth dry cargo-ammunition ship under the T-AKE class program.
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.
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
OSAKIKAMIJIMA, Japan, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Japanese Coast Guard officials said Saturday a 76-year-old man suffered a dislocated shoulder when a ship's captain fell asleep and his ship hit a house.
