Tag: maritime news

  • Israeli use of force during the boarding of the Gaza Flotilla

      Report of the UN’s Human Rights Council. “Unnecessary, disproportionate, excessive and inappropriate”, or so says the UN Human Rights Council’s report on the Israeli boarding of the Gaza flotilla. […]

  • Anti-piracy demonstration 14th September 2010

    A propeller arrester developed for protecting shipping in high-risk piracy areas by Channel Islands-based piracy and maritime security specialist Merchant Maritime Warfare Centre, is to be showcased in the Solent […]

  • Micro UAVs

    The advantages and uses of Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the context of Maritime Security. Micro UAVs are one of the most innovative technologies currently on the military and […]

  • Summer 2010

    By Stephen Askins With the summer monsoons pushing into the Somali basin, another piracy “season” ends and the depressing cycle shows no real signs of being tamed. Headlines suggest an […]