Venezuela has released the Teknik Perdana, a Malaysian owned survey ship, and her 36 crew after being detained by Venezuelan authorities on the 10th October. The Panamanian flagged vessel was…
A seafarer was shot in the neck during an attack by Indonesian pirates on a product tanker MT Ji Xiang anchored off the south-west coast of Johor in Malaysia. The MT Ji Xiang was reported to have…
Credit rating firm A.M. Best announced on 4 May that it had affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “A-” of the Club. The outlook of these…
Three new best practice guides have been published this month, to help companies and mariners risk assess voyages and mitigate against external threats to their safety. BMP5: Best…
Date of incident: 22/02/2018 Pirates in three skiffs opened fire on a merchant vessel approximately 158 nm off the coast of central Somalia. The vessel's on-board armed security team returned…
Date of incident: 31/03/2018 Four armed pirates in two skiffs came within 100 m of a tanker in the Gulf of Aden before opening fire on the vessel at 0820 hrs local time. The embarked armed…
Date of incident: 03/04/2018 Houthi rebels hit a Saudi oil tanker in international waters off the western port city of Hodeidah, the Saudi-led coalition said. It was not immediately clear what…
The Thomas Miller Group, including all owned and managed businesses will comply with GDPR with effect from the 25th May 2018. At this point Thomas Miller will operate a group-wide personal data…
Date of incident: 04/02/2018 Two suspicious skiffs approached a tanker in the Gulf of Oman and conducted aggressive manoeuvres, coming within 500m of the vessel. The armed security team…
