Month: November 2012

  • Managing a Piracy Incident

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    Control Risks, the world’s leading provider of incident response services, has designed a workshop for managers who will play a key role in responding to a piracy incident at a […]

  • Cutlass Express

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    Held only for the second time, Cutlass Express is an East African maritime exercise focusing on counter-piracy, counter-narcotics and illegal fishing Eight Navies Complete East African Exercise Cutlass Express 2012 […]

  • Nine Days Adrift

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    While conducting a routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Operation Martillo, tguided missile frigate USS Carr assisted a Panamanian fishing vessel in distress USS CARR Assists Panamanian Vessel […]

  • The Expensive, Diminishing Threat of Somali Piracy

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    For international actors, it is politically and militarily easier to try to contain the Somali piracy threat than to eliminate it. But containment comes at a high cost. The Expensive, Diminishing […]

  • Worrying Changes

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    Since the release of the seven crew members kidnapped from the Bourbon Liberty 249 off the coast of Nigeria, there has been considerable debate as regards the payment, or otherwise, […]

  • Dozens Missing

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    Officials in Dhaka have said that dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Bangladesh. Dozens missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh Dozens of people […]

  • Donald on Piracy

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    Aegis Advisory Director, Dr Dominick Donald, discusses the drop in Somali- based pirate attacks and its implications for ship operators   3rd Safety4Sea Forum – Session 4: Dominick Donald The […]

  • Asian Piracy Threat

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    Two recent hijackings have put south-east Asia back on the map of piracy hot spots but the dynamics of the attacks have differed from what has become the more common […]

  • Grounded Super Pumas Fly Again

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    The onshore/offshore transport of North Sea oil workers will begin to return to normality this week as some of the grounded Super Puma helicopters begin to fly again. Grounded North Sea Super […]

  • Warning to Yacht Owners

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    European Union Naval Force Commander Reminds Yacht and Leisure Craft Owners That Piracy Still a Clear and Present Danger in Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. Rear Admiral Potts who […]

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