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Piracy on the rise again, says security specialist MAST.

Maritime Asset Security & Training (MAST) has warned that ships in the Indian Ocean are still at risk.The Indian Ocean still faces challenges such as a lack of intelligence information sharing between countries involved in counter-piracy...

Maritime Asset Security & Training (MAST) has warned that ships in the Indian Ocean are still at risk.The Indian Ocean still faces challenges such as a lack of intelligence information sharing between countries involved in counter-piracy...

Louis BURTON, the solo skipper of eighth placed Bureau Vallée 2, plans to stop to make repairs at the tiny, remote MACQUARIE Island in the Southwestern Pacific this weekend. The 15 miles long island is close to his route eastwards and a short parenthesis, he hopes, would allow him to climb his mast and make repairs to his mast track and to the other damages which are compromising his speed potential.

This afternoon at 0330hrs UTC and whilst TechnoFirst-faceOcean was sailing in a strong 30 knots of wind with three reefs in the mainsail and the J3, with her skipper inside, a rogue wave put the boat on her side, mast in the water.

PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG made a major comeback to claim a top three finish in the first stage of Leg 2 to Abu Dhabi, just three weeks after their yacht arrived at the leg start with a broken mast on board a cargo ship.