Merchant Marine

  • Danger Zone

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    With no answers in sight on the fight against piracy the unions are yet again forced to consider the “nuclear” option. The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has adopted a […]

  • Anarchy at Sea

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    A Voyage through Pirate-Infested Waters By Andreas Ulrich While the European naval mission Atalanta avoids definitive contact with the pirates who plague the waters around the Horn of Africa, shipping […]

  • Armed Security – a credible deterrent to Piracy

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    by Paul Gibbins, Director of Communications, Protection Vessels International At the recent conference ‘Combating Piracy’ in Hamburg, the shipping industry heard the brutal truth that when it comes to piracy, […]

  • Critical Clarification

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    Possibly prompted by criticisms of its catch and released approach, EUNAVFOR has clarified reports of a supposed attack on an LNG carrier. The supposed attack on the vessel “Ejnan” this […]

  • Death Toll

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    62 seafarers have died in the past four years as a direct result of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. The deaths have been brought about through deliberate […]

  • Problems Grow

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    The arrest of personnel involved in paying ransoms has certainly puzzled some in the industry, and has created yet another problem for shipowners In jailing six foreigners after they took £2.2m ($3.6m) into […]

  • Indians held hostage

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    Even after six of the Indians held onboard the MV Suez ship were released, it is calculated that there may be as many as 39 Indians still being held hostage […]

  • Locked Up

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    Three Britons have been sent to prison and fined for smuggling millions of dollars into Somalia allegedly intended to pay ransoms to pirates. Authorities said the Britons, along with an […]

  • Abandon Ship

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    Somali pirates released the MV Suez last week, but its crew members were forced to abandon the ship Sunday, officials said. The crew members of the MV Suez boarded a […]

  • Susan K Freed

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    Somali pirates have freed a German-owned cargo ship, seized in April, after they received a ransom. According to independent sources the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged “Susan K”, and with its crew of […]

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