Month: January 2011

  • China’s Military Advance

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    Navy Intel Chief Discusses China’s Military Advances By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (NNS) — Though China has demonstrated its ability to field advanced military prototypes speedily, how […]

  • Offshore Patrol Vessels: The Combat Jack of All Naval Trades

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    Offshore Patrol Vessels: The Combat Jack of All Naval Trades Courtesy of Defence IQ.com Multi-mission naval vessels are logically the next evolutionary step for naval forces worldwide. Historically, however, it […]

  • Cost Of Piracy

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    Piracy costs global economy $7-12 bln a year Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent for Reuters, covered the presentation of the Economic Costs of Maritime Piracy report today at London foreign […]

  • The Economic Costs of Maritime Piracy

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    The Economic Costs of Maritime Piracy A One Earth Future Foundation Working Paper Project Team: Anna Bowden (Project Manager), Kaija Hurlburt, Charles Marts, Andrew Lee, Eamon Aloyo Executive Summary At […]

  • Spirit of Real Adventure

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    The rather aptly named cruise vessel, “Spirit of Adventure” was caught up in a piracy scare while steaming from Madagascar to Zanzibar. Guests were ordered to take shelter below deck as […]

  • Iran Djibouti Deal

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    Iran and Djibouti have come together to agree steps to boost mutual cooperation in naval fields, including training the Djiboutian army. The call for mutual cooperation was raised by visiting […]

  • US Navy’s Indian Ocean Folly?

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    US Navy’s Indian Ocean Folly? By James Holmes & Toshi Yoshihara From The Diplomat Maritime strategy seems increasingly focused on the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. It risks leaving the […]

  • Shipowners blast anti-piracy effort

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    Shipowners blast anti-piracy effort January 10, 2011 From Views and News from Norway . Norwegian shipowners don’t think their government is doing nearly enough to fend off piracy attacks at […]

  • Sentence Passed

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    A court in Yemen’s southeastern city of Mukalla sentenced 13 Somalis each to 12 years in jail on Saturday after convicting them of piracy, a judicial source said. The men, […]

  • Laser Brains

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    British engineers are reportedly in the advanced stages of developing a new type of defence system which is set to use lasers to incapacitate pirates, dazzling them as they approach targetted vessels. The […]

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