Month: January 2013

  • Netherlands use Colombo to fight pirates

    The Royal Netherlands Navy has decided to use Colombo, Sri Lanka, as a hub to provide security to the international trade vessels against the pirates. Netherlands to use Colombo to […]

  • Navy chief wants joint patrol with NCS

    The Chief of Naval Staff called for joint patrol with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for a strategic partnership to secure the nation’s maritime borders. Maritime security: Navy chief wants […]

  • EUNAVFOR Transfer 12 Suspected Pirates

    Following an attack in early January off the Somali Coast, twelve men suspected of committing an act of piracy, were transferred to the Mauritian authorities. EU Naval Force Transfers Twelve […]

  • Iraq, Kuwait Ink Maritime Navigation Deal

    Iraq on Tuesday approved a deal with Kuwait regulating the use of the Khor Abdullah shared waterway through which most of Baghdad’s oil exports flow. Iraq, Kuwait Ink Maritime Navigation […]

  • National security must be top priority

    The first duty of Government remains national security, the Royal Navy’s most senior officer, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, told a meeting of Cardiff Business Club. Our national security must be […]

  • Japan & India Coordinate

    Faced with a China that is aggressively pursuing its territorial interests in the South and East China Seas, Japan and India decided to coordinate moves. India, Japan make common cause […]

  • MOD Calls For Security Innovation

    The MOD’s Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) is seeking innovative proof-of-concept research proposals from industry and academia to improve the security of maritime operations to combat illegal activity. Innovative ways sought to improve […]

  • Systematic security breaches?

    Although this is an industry that has become very familiar with physical security, we’re not always as good at protecting ourselves against less tangible threats. Cyber security is big business, […]

  • Dryad Maritime initiates expansion

    In a step that reinforces its planned expansion and diversification strategy Dryad Maritime today announced the opening of its new office development in Hastings, UK. Dryad Maritime initiates strategic expansion […]

  • No Bargain for Disputed Territory

    China will never bargain over what it deems to be “core” territorial and security interests, the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping, said in first speech. China’s Incoming Leader Pledges Not […]