Month: September 2010

  • EUNAVFOR Briefing 28/09/10

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    In order to keep the shipping industry up to date with the ongoing EUNAVFOR mission off the coast of Somali, the latest anti-piracy briefing was recently held at the International […]

  • MSCs a viable alternative?

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      By: Walter P. Verstrepen * “U.S. Admiral Mark Fitzgerald says commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean should carry armed guards to help defend against Somali […]

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

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      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. […]

  • The ongoing saga of Somalia’s ailing and failing government.

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    Somalia’s Prime Minister has resigned. Having ordered Prime Minister Sharmake to leave back in May, a smiling President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed thanked him for his ‘courageous decision’. As an […]

  • Dom Mee interview

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    “Imagine you are at the wheel of a huge cargo vessel transiting the Gulf of Aden, peering past the running lights over the freighter’s bow. Pitch darkness ahead and all […]

  • Help us build MarSecReview…

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    Maritime Security Review is being developed by professionals in the Maritime Security industry, the Merchant Marine industry, ex-Military Officers and publishing entrepreneurs. MSR is an information platform built by Maritime […]

  • Anti-piracy demonstration 14th September 2010

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    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

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    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 […]

  • Superyacht Security Summit 2010

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    A day of debate and discussion focusing on preventing, avoiding & dealing with security & piracy threats against superyachts, today & in the future. With security becoming an increasingly relevant […]

  • Summer 2010

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    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 […]

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