Protection from pirates

In the first three months of this year, there were 66 incidents involving pirates worldwide – compared to 102 incidents for the same period 2012.

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Doubts and Due Diligence

The new rules governing private maritime security services in Nigeria require the shipping and offshore industries to conduct their due diligence with far greater care

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Piracy meetings reinitiated

CMA CGM, MSC, Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd representing 40 percent of world container shipping have met to discuss the piracy threat towards international shipping. Leading container lines reinitiate piracy meetings ...

Game Changer

A number of security providers have been forced to suspend operations in Nigeria following the implementation of new laws governing the private maritime security sector Game Changer The implementation of new laws ...

Has The Niger Delta managed to buy peace?

The amnesty programme costs close to $500m a year, but that is small change compared to the extra oil money accrued since the peace deal was struck. Has Nigeria's Niger Delta ...

Pirates kidnap five crew

Pirates have kidnapped five crew members from a cargo ship off Nigeria, a piracy watchdog and a security source said; part of a growing trend. Pirates kidnap five crew from ship ...

Four kidnapped off Equatorial Guinea

Pirates kidnapped four crew members when they attacked a container ship off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, the vessel's management company said on Thursday. Pirates kidnap four off Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) - ...

Heavy Regulation Ahead

The provision of maritime security services in Nigeria is about to turned on its head; non-legal actors will be forced out of the country and the Nigerian Navy and National ...

JTF arrest vessel

Operatives of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, code named, Operation Pulo Shield, have nabbed a vessel laden with 2,500 tonnes of petroleum products. JTF arrest vessel, barge, boats ...

Piracy Takes Root in Nigeria

Piracy off the coast of West Africa takes root in the oil-slicked creeks of Nigeria’s southern delta, where militants steal millions of dollars of crude. Experts: Growing piracy across West Africa ...
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