Month: September 2012
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Death Penalty Challenged
Three Somali pirates face a host of death-penalty eligible charges related to the 2011 murder of four Americans aboard the hijacked yacht Quest. Death penalty challenged in Somali pirate case Attorneys […]
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Diplomatic Pirate
According to a leaked UN report on Somalia, Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed admitted to UN investigators that he had given “one of the most notorious and influential leaders […]
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Forgotten Threat
To many the term ‘naval mine’ conjures up memories of grainy World War II photographs. To some degree they become a forgotten threat; but not to those serving on ships in the […]
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Green Navigation
New tidal models for the Malacca and Singapore Straits could save ships thousands of dollars in fuel costs, simulations have shown that depending on vessel type, speed and tidal phase, considerable transit […]
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Caribbean Maritime Security
Six countries have participated in a live-fire exercise in the Caribbean Sea during an annual multinational exercise that involves naval forces from 13 partner nations. Multinational Live-fire Exercise in Caribbean Tests […]
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Command of the Sea
James R. Holmes discusses the concept that “no one commands the sea in peacetime, command is a phenomenon that only happens in wartime.” Command of the Sea by Non-Traditional Means […]
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UNDOC on Piracy
According to Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, “Piracy is also an issue of social and economic development as well as the rule of law […]
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Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
In the fourth of the MSR Viewpoint series, Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea, Alain Schembri of Gemini Maritime presents his views on the current situation in the Gulf […]
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Commander Bill King Laid to Rest
Galway said goodbye this week to Commander Bill King of Oranmore Castle, who passed away last Friday at the age of 102. Oldest surviving submarine commander passes away By Marie […]
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Large Grey Bluff?
China has put its first aircraft carrier into service, a move intended to signal its growing military might as tensions escalate between Beijing and its neighbors over disputed East China […]
