Month: October 2014

  • Iranian Navy scares pirates

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    Headline of the week… Commander: Pirates Hiding Due to Scary Presence of Iranian Navy Pirate attack on cargo ships has now become a rare scene in the region due to […]

  • Maritime Crime Figures for Q3 2014

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    Dryad releases their figures for the third quarter of the year.  Maritime Crime Figures for Q3 2014 Gulf of Guinea The spike in the number of kidnapping incidents that occurred […]

  • CMF, NATO and EUNAVFOR Meet

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    Naval coalition cooperation crucial in fight against maritime crime.  Big Three Counter-Piracy Task Force Commanders Meet in Muscat The Commanders of the ‘Big Three’ international counter-piracy task forces met in […]

  • Angola Modernizes Navy

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    New vessels to combat piracy, smuggling and illegal fishing.  Angola Modernizes Navy to Protect Maritime Resources By Francisco Galamas Last month, Brazil and Angola signed a Technical Memorandum of Understanding for the Brazilian […]

  • Vietnamese tanker crew freed by pirates

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    Hijackings for oil product cargoes continue in S. E. Asia Vietnamese tanker crew freed by pirates A Vietnamese oil tanker which went missing last week was seized by pirates who […]

  • Coastal Surveillance Asia 2014

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    Learn how to better your EEZ security from the MMEA and more… The opportunities for coastal and maritime security in South East Asia have never been better. Look at the […]

  • NATO’s Maritime Future

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    Can NATO stem the maritime decline? [Opinion] NATO’s Maritime Future By Lt. Cmdr. Mark Lawrence, USN The transatlantic alliance successfully navigated some rough seas in 2014. A year that began without […]

  • Vietnam tanker missing amid piracy fears

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    Potentially the 13th tanker hijacked in region since April.  Vietnam tanker and 18 crew missing amid piracy fears A Vietnamese oil tanker has gone missing en route to Vietnam from […]

  • Piracy warning ahead of Nigeria election

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    Analysts all predicting sharp rise in attacks.  Piracy expected to increase ahead of Nigeria’s election By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Piracy will increase in the Gulf of Guinea as Nigeria prepares […]

  • New Training for Safer Seas

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    Multi-national gathering to institute new training program.  New Training for Safer Seas: The Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting On September 30 and October 1, the Heads of Asian […]

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