Americas

  • US Navy finds El Faro wreckage

    Sad day for the merchant marine as find confirmed. Missing ship: US Navy confirms it found El Faro wreckage The wreckage found on the seabed off the Bahamas on Saturday […]

  • Fighting illegal fishing

    Can PMSCs help in the fight against IUU fishing? Thunder Road: Outsourcing the Fight Against Illegal Fishing By Claude Berube Sometimes the problem no one admits to has the answer […]

  • Risk Intelligence launch port risk tool

    Provider offers new risk platform. Risk Intelligence launches port risk tool Girija Shettar Danish maritime security company Risk Intelligence today launched a platform dedicated to analysing and advising on ports […]

  • Pirate thrown overboard

    Armed gangs still plague fishermen. Pirate thrown overboard An Icacos man, who was shot in his chest while fighting off a gun-wielding pirate, has been credited by his brother for […]

  • Anatomy of A Cyber Intrusion

    US Navy takes cyber threat seriously. Know the Anatomy of A Cyber Intrusion By Joseph R. Fonseca Compromising the cyber integrity of the network threatens every user and every system […]

  • Guyana, Suriname proposals on sea piracy

    Greater cooperation planned to cut crime. Guyana, Suriname MPs make proposals on sea piracy, trafficking in persons A parliamentary delegation from Guyana last week visited Suriname for talks with its […]

  • Back to the future

    US Navy recruits to learn how to navigate using the stars as America grows increasingly worried about possible hacking of computer navigation systems US navy returns to celestial navigation amid […]

  • Cyber incidents at US ports

    Coast Guard concerned over malicious and non-malicious incidents. Coast Guard official: Cyber incidents with physical consequences impacting the maritime transportation system By Molly Bernhart Walker Cyber threats are real and […]

  • USS Simpson decommissioned

    Sank Iranian Navy vessel in 1988. Navy retires its last modern ship to sink an enemy vessel Andrew Pantazi JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy has decommissioned its last Perry-class frigate, […]

  • Trinidad and Tobago pirates strike

    Increasing violence used by armed robbers in region. Killer Pirates By Ryan Hamilton-Davis IN YET another incident of piracy in waters between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, a young fisherman […]