Month: September 2013

  • Navigating the New ISO Standards

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    Dryad Maritime Intelligence, the UK’s leading maritime intelligence provider, has issued clear guidance on the latest framework of standards to be issued by the maritime security industry. Navigating the New […]

  • ‘record haul of ephedrine’

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    Australian officials have made what they say is one of the largest ever seizures of the drug ephedrine, hidden in a shipment sent from India. Australian officials seize ‘record haul […]

  • Crashed Canadian helicopter found

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    A Canadian Coast Guard helicopter that crashed into Arctic waters, killing all three aboard, has been found. It was found submerged in about 450m of water by an unmanned submarine. Crashed […]

  • Relations With Regional Seafarers

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    EU Naval Force ships make ‘friendly approaches’ to help strengthen trust between the EU Naval Force and local seafarers, as well as obtain first hand information about possible piracy incidents […]

  • Lifeboat Call-Outs Rise

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    Northern Ireland’s hottest summer in years led to a 20% increase in RNLI lifeboat call-outs, compared to the same period last year RNLI lifeboat call-outs rise by 20% in NI […]

  • ‘piracy’ in Arctic

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    Russian prosecutors have accused around 30 Greenpeace activists of piracy and say they will prosecute all of them for trying to board an Arctic oil platform. Russia accuses Greenpeace crew […]

  • Costa Concordia captain blames helmsman for crash

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    The captain of the Costa Concordia has blamed his Indonesian helmsman for the accident which caused the ship to sink off the coast of Italy last year. Costa Concordia captain […]

  • Greenpeace worker mother’s fears

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    The mother of 27-year-old Greenpeace worker, Alex Harris, held by Russian authorities has described how coastguards fired “guns and mortars” on protesting activists. Greenpeace worker Alex Harris’s mother talks of […]

  • Navy helicopter crashes in Red Sea

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    An MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 crashed in the central Red Sea Sept. 22, while operating with USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). Navy helicopter […]

  • Medical Emergency Assistance

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    German frigate FGS Niedersachsen, deployed with the EU Naval Force Somalia received an emergency call from the Italian merchant vessel MV Jolly Perla. A crew member had acute heart problems […]

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