Merchant Marine
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Navigating Cybersecurity Challenges in Maritime Operational Technology
By John Cusimano, Marco Ayala and Greg Villano The maritime industry – including container ships, bulk tankers, drillships, cruise ships, mobile offshore drilling units and the ports and terminals that […]
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Port of Cebu destroys 8 containers of smuggled fake cigarettes
by Betheena Unite Eight containers of seized smuggled cigarettes worth P374 million were disposed of in Cebu City recently, the Bureau of Customs said Tuesday. The smuggled cigarettes were condemned […]
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Sea Shepherd Vessel Approached as Pirates Grow More Brazen
Security experts recently warned that it was likely that there would be an increase in sea piracy activity in the Gulf of Guinea as the seasonal weather improved in the […]
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Incidents against ships in the eastbound lane of Singapore Strait
During 8 – 9 November 20, three incidents of armed robbery against ships occurred on board ships while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in […]
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Coalition Task Force Sentinel Celebrates First Anniversary
MANAMA (NNS) – Members of Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel celebrated the organization’s first anniversary at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, Nov. 5. During this the past year, CTF Sentinel […]
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Sierra Leone Armed Forces takes delivery of four patrol boats
Written by Oscar Nkala The Sierra Leone Defence Force Maritime Wing has taken delivery of four patrol boats that were donated by the government of South Korea. The four boats […]
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Italian Frigate Saves Tanker from Pirates in Gulf of Guinea
This weekend, an Italian Navy frigate rescued the product tanker Torm Alexandra from a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea. On Saturday morning, the Alexandra was approached and boarded […]
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China drafts law to expand coastguard’s powers over islands and foreign vessels
Liu Zhen China has drafted a coastguard law that authorises its maritime law enforcers to demolish foreign constructions on Chinese-claimed reefs and allows the use of weapons against foreign ships. […]
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Norway opens cyber resilience centre
by Martyn Wingrove Norway will open a maritime cyber resilience centre at the beginning of 2021, just as shipping needs to demonstrate cyber risk management within ship safety documentation Norwegian Shipowners’ […]