Month: June 2011

  • Day of the Seafarer

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    The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) “Day of the Seafarer” – on June 25 – is the opportunity for renewed efforts to safeguard the human rights of seafarers throughout the world […]

  • Black Gold

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    Observers have long felt that if Somalia had oil or gas reserves, then the approach to solving the piracy problems could be very different. We could be about to find […]

  • Gunner Get You

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    The war against pirates is set to escalate, as naval forces fear that Somali pirates will up the ante and begin attacking vessels with broadsides from deck-mounted machine guns. Whereas […]

  • High Cost

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    Ship owners in the Netherlands are paying around $70,000 per vessel to the Dutch Defence Ministry for safeguarding efforts against pirates. The “charges” had been set by the government, but […]

  • Happy Homecoming

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    Six Indian sailors, who were recently freed by Somali pirates after nearly 11 months in captivity, have arrived in the capital, Delhi. The men were part of the 22-member crew […]

  • Danger Zone

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    With no answers in sight on the fight against piracy the unions are yet again forced to consider the “nuclear” option. The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has adopted a […]

  • Anarchy at Sea

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    A Voyage through Pirate-Infested Waters By Andreas Ulrich While the European naval mission Atalanta avoids definitive contact with the pirates who plague the waters around the Horn of Africa, shipping […]

  • Armed Security – a credible deterrent to Piracy

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    by Paul Gibbins, Director of Communications, Protection Vessels International At the recent conference ‘Combating Piracy’ in Hamburg, the shipping industry heard the brutal truth that when it comes to piracy, […]

  • Targeting Technology

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    Pirates are harnessing ever increasing and sophisticated technology to target vessels. According to Idarat Maritime Limited Somali pirates now have the capability to track and locate target vessels. “The most […]

  • UN Security Council

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    The UN Security Council has been hearing of the problems and some potential solutions for piracy. The Chinese representative stated that prosecuting and detaining Somali pirates as well as eliminating […]

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