Month: May 2012
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Safeguarding Seafarers
The text of the speech delivered by Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization, at the ReCAAP ISC Piracy and Sea Robbery Conference 2012 Safeguarding Seafarers: A Shared Responsibility ReCAAP ISC PIRACY AND […]
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Viewpoint
A short but important text summing up BIMCO’s stated viewpoint and position on piracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, torture and murder at sea. BIMCO’s Position: Piracy, armed robbery, kidnapping, torture and […]
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Security for Sailors
The Indian Government is drafting a policy aimed at providing better security to Indian sailors and other seafarers in the wake of several incidents of hijacking of ships by pirates […]
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Fast Craft
The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of eight K-38 catamaran assault craft and eight refurbished Fast Attack Craft in an effort to bolster security on its waterways. Nigeria’s Delta region […]
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Project Kraken
Gun smuggling and cash dumped at sea were the theme of a multi-agency exercise coordinated by North Yorkshire Police last week. The exercise formed part of Project Kraken – a […]
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Seizing Cruise Ships
Hundreds of documents were discovered by German cryptologists embedded inside a pornographic movie on a memory disk belonging to a suspected al Qaeda operative arrested in Berlin last year. Amongst them […]
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Superyachts at Risk
As restrictions on commercial vessels carrying firearms are relaxed, it is expected that pirates will look to pursue perceived softer targets and thus attempts on recreational vessels will rise. Security […]
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Enhanced Cooperation
In a joint statement released following a meeting in Washington, the United States and the Philippines reaffirmed their common interest in maintaining freedom of navigation through collaboration. U.S., Philippines agree to enhance […]
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Yacht Race Deaths
Two sailors killed in a mysterious crash at sea that reduced their vessel to ruins during a yacht race from California to Mexico died of blunt-force injuries, while a third […]
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Boat Refugees
New Zealand is proposing new measures to allow authorities to detain large groups of boat refugees under a single warrant for up to six months. If New Zealand passes the […]
