(dailymail)  There’s a lot more space at sea than on the road, but piloting any kind of vehicle after too much alcohol can lead to disaster.  A trawler skipper has been charged with ‘drink-sailing’ after his ship ran aground and became stranded.  Source 

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• Skipper fined for drunken Sailing

     (BBC) A drunk skipper who had to be rescued when his boat ran aground on a beach has been fined £1,000.  Source

• Man charged with boating under the influence

      (ThePicayuneItem) Robert Nations of Bay St. Louis man has been charged by the  Mississippi Department of Marine Resources State Marine Patrol with boating under the influence (BUI) after he ran the boat he was operating aground Wednesday afternoon near Mississippi Highway 603 in Bay St

• Humber Clipper yacht skipper suffers broken leg

     (pbo) The skipper of a Clipper Round-the-world racing yacht has been transferred by helicopter to Japan after breaking his leg.  Hull & Humber skipper, Piers Dudin, has undergone surgery and is reportedly in good spirits and even learning a few words of Japanese. He is likely to remain in

• Maersk container ship due to

    The United Kingdom-registered container ship, Maersk Kendal, ran aground at the Sebarok Beacon, about 0.7 km south of Sebarok Island, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. At about 0715hrs, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore received a report, that a United Kingdom-registered container ship had ran aground at the Sebarok

• Oil tanker runs aground in Mississippi

    A Singapore-flagged tanker carrying more than 600,000 gallons (2.2 million liters) of crude oil ran aground in the Mississippi River in the early hours of Monday, the US Coast Guard said. “The tank vessel Eagle Tucson was traveling upbound. It was at mile marker three on the lower Mississippi River” in

• Governments flouted law Maritime Dangerous: Sailors

    Governments around the world flouting international maritime law and conventions and arresting sailors on criminal charges has turned sailing into a dangerous profession, a mariners’ body said Saturday. “Over the last decade, there has been an increasing tendency to criminalise mariners for accidents. This has been gaining ground not only

• U.S. Sailing announces 2010 U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics

     (ussailing.org) US SAILING, the national governing body for the sport, is proud to announce the members of the new 2010 US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG), the national sailing team comprised of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls .

• The study shows container ship is likely a result of collision with destroyer debt

    In an investigation into a crash between a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer and a commercial container vessel in southern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Coast Guard has found that the accident may have been caused by an error by the commercial vessel. The 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters

• Ship leaking fuel from Norway after the running of the soil

     A Chinese-owned dry-bulk vessel is leaking fuel after running aground near Langesund on the Norwegian coast during stormy conditions overnight, rescue authorities said on Friday. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said 16 sailors had been evacuated from the vessel and seven remained on the ship. The entire crew are Chinese nationals. “We

• Bosphorus traffic heading south again after storms

    Southbound tanker traffic on the Turkish Bosphorus Strait was reopened on Tuesday, shipping agent GAC said, after poor weather conditions closed the crucial shipping waterway and caused a dry cargo ship to run aground and split in half. A nearly 150-metre long dry cargo ship split in half after running

• Andrew Short recalled

     (yachte.com.au)  Following the tragic loss of Andrew Short and Sally Gordon in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Flinders Island Race on Saturday October 10, Andrew will be laid to rest today. Sailing writer Lisa Ratcliff discovers all ‘Shorty’ accomplished in sailing and for sailing as we say our goodbyes.   Source

• Moldovan ship splits in stormy weather Istanbul

    A nearly 150-metre long dry cargo ship split in half after running aground near Istanbul’s Black Sea shore in stormy conditions early on Tuesday, broadcaster CNN Turk reported. Coast Guard forces evacuated 21 crew members from the Moldovan-flagged ship that had departed from Ukraine.

• OTAL Hamburg comprises in its West Africa Road Map

    On 26 November 2009, the container ship â??CMA CGM IGUACUâ? called at the Port of Hamburg as part of the expanded sailing schedule for the â??Nigeria Expressâ? scheduled liner service operated by the OT Africa Line (OTAL). Read at OTAL includes Hamburg in its West Africa sailing schedule

• Reduced speed and an improved route cut Statoil supply ships emissions

     At the ?gotnes base in Hordaland, Normand Skipper has taken on board supplies for the North Sea platforms. On deck there is everything from drilling equipment to helicopter fuel. They complete the round trip at the economy speed of 12 knots, even though they could have done 15 knots

• Boat lifted based on the rocks

     (BBC)  A fishing boat which ran aground on rocks in Cornwall has been refloated.  Source