Tag: anti-piracy

  • A Boost to Anti-Piracy Efforts

    Oman and South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Cape Town on Tuesday. It includes an agreement on technical co-operation, an agreement to share lessons around peace-keeping operations, and the sale […]

  • Anti-Piracy Centre

    Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (ISC) to remain in Singapore. Singapore to host anti-piracy centre for another five […]

  • Flag Demands

    The Piracy Suppression Act of 2011 bill states the US will seek reimbursement from the country of origin for the cost of any action taken to protect “foreign-flagged” ships from […]

  • Union Blues

    A trade union dispute in Germany has led to reduced German participation in the anti-piracy patrol off Somalia. The problem arose when the union that represented the civilians sailors who […]

  • Heading Out

    The second deployment of the Royal Thai Navy anti-piracy unit with 368 naval personnel left Thailand Tuesday morning to join the international operations countering piracy off the coast of Somalia […]

  • Somali Survey

    Royal Navy survey ship “HMS Echo” is supporting the anti-piracy effort in the Indian Ocean by updating badly-needed charts of the region and eliminating no-go areas for Allied warships. Not […]