Merchant Marine

  • Standard Bearers

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    The call for maritime security firms to come together to create a code of conduct and ethics, has been answered by the launch of the Security Association for the Maritime […]

  • Ransoms Lower

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    Somali piracy has taken an “alarming turn” since the beginning of the year, becoming more “prevalent, lucrative and violent”. According to an insurance conference, an estimated $65 million was paid […]

  • Ill Treatment

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    Two Danish hostages held since February were reported to be ill but their captors were not willing to let a doctor see them, according to reports. The Danish woman and […]

  • Results and Concerns

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    Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. has issued its first quarter 2011 report and piracy is cited as a key point. During the first quarter of 2011, 16 vessels in the […]

  • Decking Pirates

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    An elderly British couple recounted their scrape with pirates as they sought compensation for their ruined cruise back in 2009. The couple told how they joined other passengers in hurled […]

  • Special Report

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    As pirate attacks grow, shipowners take arms By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent POOLE, England | Tue May 3 (Reuters) – Upstairs in a public house on the English south coast, 18 men […]

  • Cash Calls

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    The Somali pirates who have been holding seven Danes as hostage since February have turned down a ransom of around US$600,000. The brother of Jan Quist Johansen, whose family was […]

  • Tanker Taken

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    Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with 25 crew members aboard off the Kenyan coast over the weekend, according to officials. News reports state the captured Singapore-registered ship “MT Gemini”, […]

  • MV Renuar Released

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    According to a EU Navfor press release issued yesterday, on the 23rd April the bulk carrier MV Renuar was released from pirate control after 133 days in captivity. The Liberian owned, […]

  • Striking Back

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    Indian maritime unions and shipping organisations warned that piracy could prompt a withdrawal of labour from countries providing crews if nothing is done to tackle the problem. “There is a […]

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