Tag: Pirate

  • Safeguarding Crew and Fleet

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    State-owned Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has decided to make further investments to secure its expanding fleet and safeguard the company’s Omani and multinational crew against pirate attacks. Oman Shipping takes steps to […]

  • Got a Pirate Problem?

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    Officials announced yesterday that the U.S. Department of Defense will fund an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored project aimed at developing Web applications to help multinational navies police the world’s […]

  • Slowing Down

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    With last year’s bill for running faster through high-risk areas put at $2.7bn, shipping companies have switched to relying on guards, rather than speed, for protection. Ships slow down in […]

  • Hostages Rescued

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    The Danish Navy have rescused twelve hostages of Pakistani and Iranian origin. Sixteen alleged pirates were arrested after the Danish warship Absalon stopped a pirate mother-ship on Wednesday. Pakistani hostages […]

  • Marine Terrorism

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    The Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies in association with King’s College London has published an interesting paper titled ‘Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Disorder at Sea: The View from the Ukraine‘. […]

  • Winds Reduce Attacks

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    Harsh conditions at sea have led to a drop in the frequency of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia. According to one senior Commander with the EUNAVFOR “The Monsoon winds is […]

  • EU Extends Counter Piracy Mission

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    On Friday 23 March 2012 the Council of the European Union confirmed its intention to extend the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) counter-piracy mission, Operation ATLANATA off the Somali coast […]

  • Assalto alla Montecristo

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    Otto giovani somali, gli imputati nel primo processo sulla pirateria contemporanea che si è aperto oggi a Roma. A ROMA IL PRIMO PROCESSO CONTRO PRESUNTI PIRATI SOMALI Si è aperto […]

  • Piracy Drives Change

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    The spread of Somali piracy to the northern Mozambique Channel is one of the reasons why South Africa’s Navy has moved from a largely peacetime routine to a predominantly operational […]

  • Floating Armouries

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    Officials in Kenya have raised concerns over the “legal gray area” represented by the practise of private security firms storing weapons aboard floating armouries in international waters. Piracy fighters use floating armouries […]

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