Tag: armed guards
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Security Pool
The Indian Government has decided to allow deployment of armed guards – preferably retired naval officers – on board Indian cargo vessels sailing on the pirate-infested waters of the Indian Ocean, […]
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Gun Law
The Italian government is acting to allow Italian-flagged merchant ships to have armed guards on board. A decree has been passed which will be converted into law. Italian shipowners’ have […]
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Armed Rise
Shipping companies are being forced to use armed guards, after record numbers of attacks last year added $2.4 billion to costs. About 20 percent of ships in the Indian Ocean […]
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Thai Answer
According to media reports, the Thai navy is to deploy armed guards on board Thai flagged vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden. Their mission will start in July in the […]
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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 […]
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Change of Tack
Given the apparent dependency on private security and the increasing use of armed guards it will come as little surprise to see that the industry view is changing. As if […]
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Who Are You?
With shipping facing a threat like no other off Somalia it seems we have been abandoned with only a private unregulated army of former soldiers and marines, gap year students and nightclub bouncers, […]
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Going Armed
The Indian government has decided to allow armed guards on Indian merchant ships. Director general of shipping S B Agnihotri said, “We have decided to allow the armed guards on […]
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Twin Concerns
The twin issues of piracy and the control of armed guards on ships will be debated at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC89) meeting, starting in London […]
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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 […]
