Month: November 2013
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Playing Host
EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta Flagship, HNLMS Johan de Witt, hosted the Contact Group of Piracy off the Coast of Somalia during Counter Piracy Week in the port of Djibouti. […]
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Follow the Khat
The report sheds light on the role played by the trade of Khat, which is popular among pirates, in the financial flows generated by piracy. Follow the Khat: Tracking Piracy’s […]
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Humanitarian Aid Ship
What vessels and sealift capability does UK Plc. have to support operations such as the after affects of a Super Typhoon like Haiyan? HUMANITARIAN AID SHIP – USING THE SEA […]
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New Patrol Vessels for Royal Navy
The MoD plans to commission three new ocean-going offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy. The new ships will be built by BAE Systems at their shipyards on the Clyde New […]
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UK to send ship to help Philippines
The UK will send a Royal Navy warship to help deal with the storm disaster in the Philippines, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. UK to send ship to help […]
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Regional Instability
The GCC countries depend on imports for 80-90% of their food and are surrounded by three maritime ‘choke points’ that could be closed as a result of conflict or political […]
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Training On Board
Each stick of the boarding team conducted 3 separate fast roping exercises, each from different heights and to a different location on Lyme Bay. RFA Lyme Bay Maintaining Operational Capability […]
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‘ghost ships’
Ten years ago, a trans-Atlantic row broke out over the fate of 13 rusting US warships destined to be broken up in Hartlepool. The legacy of Hartlepool’s US Navy ‘ghost […]
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Second oil tanker hijacked off Malaysia in a month
An oil tanker has become the second such vessel to be hijacked in Malaysian waters in four weeks, the International Maritime Bureau said Friday, adding it marked rising piracy in […]
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NATO Warship Apprehends Suspected Pirates
NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD warship HDMS ESBERN SNARE boarded two small craft and detained nine suspected pirates, following an attack in the area the previous day. 10/11/2013 – NATO […]
