Tag: anti piracy maritime security

  • New Kit

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    Shipping supply companies are getting more requests for gear to keep crews safe and to combat ocean-going piracy. One of those steps is supplying crews that travel these dangerous waters […]

  • Escalation Concerns

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    The ITF has welcomed the latest statement of determination to prevent piracy from the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, US Navy Admiral James Stavridis. The organisation has raised, concerns, over the […]

  • Armed Reversal

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    The UK government has performed a volte-face on the issue of armed guards…which finally lifts the veiled threat of shipowner prosecution. As reported in Lloyd’s List, any formal opposition to […]

  • Heading Out

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    Around 370 members of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force departed from the MSDF Yokosuka base Tuesday for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia from early November. The […]

  • New Route

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    Tankers and cargo ships could next year travel regularly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Arctic to save time, money, emissions…and pirates. Scandinavian shipowners have revealed new data […]

  • New Resource

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    The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia has launched its official website at www.thecgpcs.org. The Contact Group, or CGPCS is a voluntary, ad hoc international forum of […]

  • Skiff Justice

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    On September 29 the EU NAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN located and destroyed a suspicious whaler close to a beach off Somalia, 100 nautical miles SW of Mogadishu. A helicopter was […]

  • Warded Off

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    Attacks by Somali pirates on two cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden were thwarted by an Indian Navy warship last week, navy officers claimed. “INS Sukanya”, an offshore patrol […]

  • Stinger Sells

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    UK company BCB International, which makes compressed air cannons, has reported increased interest for a new floating entanglement device. The equipment can reportedly stop pirate skiffs in their tracks. The […]

  • Armed Backing

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    Insurers are getting behind the idea of armed guards on ships. IUMI President Ole Wikborg has stated that while it took time to realise flag-State consensus on armed guards may […]

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