Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has published the Tenth Report of Session 2010–12: Piracy off the coast of Somalia Published on 5 January 2012 by

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This week, rather than a briefing or an analysis, we’re distributing the Security Association for the Maritime Industry’s (SAMI) guide to BMP4. Written by Steven

US Navy Goes Green

According to US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, "Having energy independence in the United States is one of the most important things we can do from a security standpoint." In ...

The Arctic Ocean

Melting ice in the Arctic may not be good for species that live there, but it does mean those icy waters are much more accessible and cost-effective places to drill ...

Chinese Base in the Arctic?

According to a report in today’s Financial Times (FT), a Chinese tycoon plans to buy a vast tract of Icelandic land for a tourism project. Critics fear the move could ...

Al Qaeda’s Seapower Strategy

An interesting and valid Chris Rawley (Counter-terrorism planner at US Special Operations Command’s Interagency) article from smallwarsjournal.com Al Qaeda's Seapower Strategy by Chris Rawley Usama bin Laden’s serendipitous demise has brought about calls for ...

Citadel Saviour

Pirates attacked two tankers off the coast of Benin as they were undergoing a ship-to-ship transfer. The vessels involved were the mother ship ‘Golden Sofia’ and the daughter vessel ‘Aidin’. The ...

Armed Security – a credible deterrent to Piracy

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, ‘the ...

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This is the 500th story posted on MSR, and we would like to thank you for reading our security news and supporting us. We are about to launch the next phase ...

Special Report

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 are preparing to ...

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