Human Element

  • Armed Guards Accountability

    The sister of the Indian fisherman shot dead in February by Italian marines tells of her loss.  If the criminal case goes ahead in the port city of Kochi, it […]

  • Piracy: A Threat to Maritime Security and the Global Economy

    One of the least understood global security threats is the ongoing struggle to contain piracy off Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. These are not the […]

  • Reconsidering Citadels

    Sometimes solving a problem requires looking at it from a completely different angle.   Crewshield adopted exactly that philosophy when designing their new Citadel. Mike Samways, a former Royal Navy […]

  • Nine Days Adrift

    While conducting a routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Operation Martillo, tguided missile frigate USS Carr assisted a Panamanian fishing vessel in distress USS CARR Assists Panamanian Vessel […]

  • Dozens Missing

    Officials in Dhaka have said that dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Bangladesh. Dozens missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh Dozens of people […]

  • Blockade Trial

    A Turkish court will try in absentia four ex-Israeli military commanders over the deadly raid of a Turkish boat as it tried to break the blockade of Gaza in 2010. Turkey […]

  • Cyclone Nilam: Missing Sailors

    Rescue operations are under way in India’s southern city of Chennai to find five sailors missing from an oil tanker that ran aground in a cyclone. Coast guard helicopters and […]

  • Search Continues

    The search for the captain of a replica of  HMS Bounty that sunk 90 miles off North Carolina continues. The Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16-person crew and recovered a […]

  • Over 130 Refugees Drown

    Dozens of refugees have drowned after the overcrowded fishing boat they believed was carrying them to safety capsized and sank. Passengers were fleeing the growing violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims […]

  • Rescued From Hail Storm

    The USS Ponce has rescued seven cold and exhausted Bahraini fishermen foundering in their boats amid a hailstorm off the coast of Bahrain. USS Ponce Rescues Bahraini Fishermen in Gulf Hail […]