Somali pirates tried but failed to hijack a North Korean cargo ship when crew members fought back with improvised fire bombs and sped away, a maritime official said Tuesday. The ship was adrift off the Somali coast near Mogadishu on Sept. 5 for engine...

An inter-island ferry in the Philippines turns turtle, about 900 survive and some dead - as reported in SuperFerry sinks off Zambo Norte coast:As dawn broke in waters off the Zamboanga peninsula on a clear day, the SuperFerry 9 had capsized, accordin...

Remember the report of a gun running ship in the Philippines? See here. And now, an update reported as British captain of arms ship seeks gov't protection :Somewhere in Bataan – The fugitive British captain of a cargo vessel seized by authoriti...