GoA & Indian Ocean
Hope for Somalia
As a follow-up to the interesting discussion on the Maritime Security Review LinkedIn Group, ‘UK Conference on Somalia’, the present, taken from today’s Guardian, as
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Le raffiche, gli orari, la rotta
La terza raffica di avvertimento «è stata sparata in acqua, a prua del peschereccio che non è stato colpito, tanto che ha invertito la rotta
The London Conference
With only two weeks to go before the London Conference, Matt Baugh, the British Ambassador to Somalia, has posted an update to his FCO blog site detailing his activities over ...
Pirate Attacks Under-Reported
European Union force says private guards protecting merchant ships are concealing details Pirate attacks under-reported, forum told European Union force says private guards protecting merchant ships are concealing details Private armed guards placed ...
Joint Anti-Piracy Pact
Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on maritime security, in a move designed to enhance collective efforts in fighting piracy, drug trafficking and ...
UAE to Target ‘Pirate Kingpins’
The UAE has said the international response to maritime piracy should be increasingly led and owned by states in the region directly affected UAE: Target 'pirate kingpins' who underwrite pirate operations The ...
Somali Pirates Cost $6.9 Billion
Somali pirates cost the shipping industry and governments as much as $6.9 billion last year as average ransom payments advanced 25 percent, according to One Earth Future Foundation. Somali Pirates Cost ...
Instability in Somalia
The European Union will remain fully engaged in Somalia: this is the message conveyed in the first week of February by the EU during a visit in Mogadishu by senior ...
Piracy’s Impact on Global Economy
Oceans Beyond Piracy released a report that raises concerns about the cost of Somali Piracy to the world economy. Approximately 80% of all costs are borne by the shipping industry, while governments ...
Pirates Mutilate Captain
According to Tuoitrenews a Vietnamese Captain held hostage by Somali pirates has had his arm cut off. Tuoitrenews, an online publication of Vietnam’s Tuoi Tre newspaper, has reported that one of ...Next Page »