Americas
Pirate Attacks in Guyana
Guyana is planning to tighten security measures on its waterways following the spate of pirate attacks on the country’s Pomeroon River. Guyana Tightens Maritime Security
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Amazonian Troubles
Brazil is creating an anti-pirate force after spate of attacks on Amazon riverboats. 50 police and eight vessels will tackle armed thieves who are terrorising
Remembering the Titanic
The Northwest Atlantic is a unique maritime environment where the threat of icebergs, fog, severe storms and busy shipping lanes are a constant threat to mariners. It was 99 years ...
Small Security Matters
When considering maritime security matters it is all too often the "big" problems which grab the limelight. Increasingly though security authorities are having to look closer to home - not ...
Secure Seas Deal
Grenada and the US have signed a new deal under the "Secure Seas" agreement. Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and US Charge’ d’ Affaires, Bernard Link, have signed a Memorandum of ...
Peru Piracy
With the heightened problems around Somalia and the Indian Ocean it is often all to easy to forget the global nature of maritime crime. This message was hammered home when a gang of ...
Underwater Scanning
Ports are naturally vulnerable and make attractive targets for criminals, terrorists and smugglers. They are busy too - more than 11 million cargo containers enter the United States each year, but sometimes the ...