Shipping Organisations

  • Mother Mandate

    Leading shipowners have called for navies to be given a firm mandate to immobilise pirate motherships used to launch attacks on commercial shipping vessels. Owner associations the International Chamber of […]

  • Failure Reminder

    Britain’s Chamber of Shipping  supports moves to create a clear legal framework for the use of armed guards, while pointing out the need for armed guards represents a failure by […]

  • Tipping Point

    Brutal attacks on captured seafarers have reached a “tipping point”, and according to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) it is time for a drag-net approach to clamp down on the […]