Malmo Declaration

On 17-19 October, 2011 the World Maritime University and the International Maritime Organization hosted the International Conference on Piracy at Sea (ICOPAS 2011) in Malmö, Sweden.

Prosecution Problems

Industry experts have voiced concerns that only a small fraction of the pirates operating in seas around the world are successfully prosecuted. Following arrest it seems that only around 1.4 percent are ...

Pirate Trap

Many Indonesian pirates are spawned out of economic desperation, and wait for 'jobs' in a Batam coffee shop. A Singapore-based academic who has specialised in piracy in Indonesia for more than ...

Pirate Rescue

Malaysia maritime authorities have rescued a tanker and a barge which were hijacked in the latest South China Sea pirate attacks, officials said Sunday. A tanker carrying oil and gas worth ...

Welcome Move

The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has welcomed the UK Flag stance on armed guards, as they believe it significant that shipowners will now be able to access ...

Armed Stance

Ships sailing under a British flag will be able to carry armed guards to protect them from pirates, the British prime minister David Cameron has announced. He says he wants to ...

New Kit

Shipping supply companies are getting more requests for gear to keep crews safe and to combat ocean-going piracy. One of those steps is supplying crews that travel these dangerous waters with ...

Perth 2012

Piracy on the high seas will be the focus of a major international conference in Australia next year. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announced the conference to be hosted in Perth in ...

Double Dipping

According to a marine investigator, shipowners may be defrauding insurers by "double claiming" for pirate attacks due to perceived lack of clarity over where they should be making their claims. Speaking ...

Hornet’s Nest

Kenya’s campaign to destroy al-Shabab’s capability to conduct kidnapping raids and damage its piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden was a mistake, J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael ...
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