Merchant Marine
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Grim Find
In a rather unusual case, a Filipino seafarer has been found dead days after his ship was attacked by pirates off the coast of the west African nation of Benin. […]
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Armed Rise
Shipping companies are being forced to use armed guards, after record numbers of attacks last year added $2.4 billion to costs. About 20 percent of ships in the Indian Ocean […]
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Ransom Paid
Somali pirates received a ransom of US$7 million for the release of two Spanish hostages held for four-and-a-half months, a pirate claims. The payment was dropped by helicopter. “The ransom […]
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Regulate or Regret
According to George Orwell,“People sleep peaceably in their beds only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf”. The famous quote was heard at the IMO today, […]
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Somali Sickness
An outbreak of TB has been reported at the Shimo La Tewa prison in Mombasa, Kenya. Two suspected Somali pirates have fallen as casualties to the disease. As their trial is […]
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Safely Home
The 24 Filipino seafarers aboard the recently-freed “MV Renuar” arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Thursday afternoon via Emirates Airlines, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). […]
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Danger UXB
An Evergreen containership has been damaged following an attack in the Arabian Sea. Rocket propelled grenades hit cabins and the kitchen area of the 3,428-teu “Ital Glamour” (built 1987) during […]
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Change of Tack
Given the apparent dependency on private security and the increasing use of armed guards it will come as little surprise to see that the industry view is changing. As if […]
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Rolling Totals
The Rolling Total of reported maritime security incidents continues to grow, and the following are the figures up the end of April 2011. They make grim reading, as you might […]
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Who Are You?
With shipping facing a threat like no other off Somalia it seems we have been abandoned with only a private unregulated army of former soldiers and marines, gap year students and nightclub bouncers, […]
