Tag: navy

  • Navy Bond Strengthened

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    NIMASA strengthens bond with navy to fight piracy, oil theft Worried by the increasing rate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) […]

  • Ghana Navy Takes Delivery

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    The Ghana Navy yesterday took delivery of two ex-German Navy fast attack craft, GNS Yaa Asantewaa and GNS Naa Gbewaa, at its Sekondi Naval Base. Rear Admiral Matthew Quashie, the […]

  • Give Us Weapons

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    Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, president of Somalia’s transitional federal government, claims that Somalia can eliminate piracy in a year if they are given the funds they need. According to the President, […]

  • Deadly Exchange

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    Navy personnel exchanged fire with three pirates in the Straits of Malacca, leaving one pirate dead and the remaining two injured. Pirate killed in shoot-out with Navy Navy personnel exchanged […]

  • 80% of Pirates Freed

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    Fewer than one in every five suspects picked up around the Horn of Africa over the past four years have been prosecuted for piracy-related offences. The figures place doubt on […]

  • A Captain’s Duty

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    Tom Hanks to play Captain Phillips in a pirate film which may be titled Maersk Alabama after the name of Captain Phillips’ ship. The film will be concerned largely with […]

  • US to Deploy Additional Minesweepers

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    According to the Jerusalem Post, a US Senate committee was told by the US Navy’s top officer on Thursday that the United States is sending four minesweeping ships and four […]

  • Iranian Warships Thwart Pirate Attack

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    According to Iran’s Press TV, a tanker sailing from Iran’s Khark Island to the Suez Canal was attacked twice before an Iranian naval patrol forced the pirate boats to flee […]

  • OPV’s in Latin America

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    The market for offshore patrol vessels in Latin America continues to grow and could become very lucrative over the coming years. Andrew Elwell examines some of the challenges in penetrating […]

  • Pirates vs. Paper

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    Former assistant to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Mark V. Vlasic, on why international maritime law is key to defending the shipping sector against acts of piracy Fighting Pirates […]

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