Entries by Federico Borrea

Season’s greetings 2023

Dear Members,   The year 2023 is coming to an end. It is the first year after Covid, and the GMI members could meet in person again at the conference in Budva, Montenegro. It was so great to see you all after the long pause! Our thanks go to all conference attendees for their ongoing […]

The “real power” of the BUDVA event!

Now, just a few hours before the conference will start, we should honour people, who are of paramaount importance for a successful conference: Our SPONSORS. Yes, that is for sure. But we (as the Steering Committee) rely on the support of three Ladies, delivering the support we need to get it done. Today we want […]

FRONTEX brainstorming meeting in Warsaw, such an inspiration!

Everybody in the marine activities knows FRONTEX and its importance to serve and protect, well we are happy to share that, in the last 8 march meeting in Warsaw, our representative and Vice Chairman Matthias Böhmen  participated, being invited by VCI. A  lot of interesting topics have been shared, therefore look for Matthias at the […]

BUDVA, we are arriving!

Dear members and GMI friends, finallly here we are counting the hours to Our 2023 conference in Budva! If you wonna join our great family without boundaries – now you better hurry up! Hotel confirmed to have even more space and we have no dead-line to allow people to join who have to react on very […]

Motor yacht sinks in Italy, crew safe

An Italian crew has been rescued after their yacht, 39m Saga, sank about nine nautical miles from Catanzaro Marina. The boat was was sailing from Gallipoli to Milazzo when the crew reported it was taking on water at the stern. The Guardia Costiera (Italian Coast Guard) dispatched two patrol vessels to the scene, and four crew […]

MISSING BOAT PICTURED BELOW, DETAILS BELOW

FAIRLINE PHANTOM named ‘Flying High’. Hull number GB- FLN095181001. SSR no 144673 This vessel is powered by two Volvo Penta TAMD-63P 360hp diesel engines serial nos 2061168335 & 36. This vessel has a distinctive black vinyl band around the topsides and is fitted with orange coloured cockpit & flybridge cushions. It was based in Cobbs […]

Annual Meeting to be held next January

  The AGM is planned for January 2022  The Global Marine Investigators association is planning a meeting during the Düsseldorf Boatshow –COVID-19 permitting.  Yesterday we sent out a reminder, as the hotel option expires today.  However, there might be still rooms available and we hope to see you in Düsseldorf!  The AGM is planned for […]

Towards a new normality – GMI meets IAATI_EB Vehicle Crime Investigators

These days our Vice President Matthias Böhmen and our Treasurer Ron Vermeulen are attending the IAATI_EB Vehicle Crime Investigators’ meeting in Ghent, Belgium. As we know, vehicle crime often overlaps with crime in the nautical world, and we continue our expansion of relationships and exchange in the world of prevention and fight against crime. We […]

Orca whales catching a sailor

Frightnening adventure for a  sailor feeling himself in unreversable trouble, when a pod of orca whales attacked his boat. The 27 years old  was under attack more than two hours by several of these mammals reaching  25ft long and weighting  five tonnes each “As per the best horror novel at one point all became quiet […]