Month: August 2011
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Protection Concerns
A union representing Hong Kong seamen has called for greater protection for its members on the high seas. It made the call after a record number of people were taken […]
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Spy Ring
A gang of “spies” working within the Turkish naval forces that has stolen more than 165,000 highly confidential documents and obtained dozens of surveillance records. The documents reveal NATO rules […]
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Reaction Time
Last week the Joint War Committee added Benin to a list of areas it considered high risk for merchant vessels and prone to war, strikes, terrorism and related perils. The Committee groups […]
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Criminals Act
A $3.6 million ransom seized in Somalia in May was destined for a pirate boss subject to U.S. sanctions. This is seen as an illustration of how a criminal enterprise […]
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Tactical Fears
There have been concerns raised about what could be seen as a new pirate tactic, that of swarming. In a Red Sea attack the IMB reported that 12 skiffs had […]
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Pirate Warning
The NATO Shipping Centre has issued a warning concerning an attack on a merchant vessel in Latitude: 13 08 N Longitude: 048 14 E. The attack took place at 0249 […]
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Trawler Rescue
The Government of Puntland State of Somalia has rescued 14 Myanmar fishermen held as hostages by Somali pirates. During a press conference in the Puntland capital of Garowe, the Government […]
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Heading Home
After a successful 88 days, the Greek frigate HS NIKIFOROS FOKAS has conducted her last day of operations as part of the EU NAVFOR Task Force. Throughout her deployment she […]
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Restricted Visibility
Thick dust blew has been blowing off the coast of Somalia and over the Gulf of Aden in early August 2011. The NASA’s Aqua satellite captured the dust plumes which […]
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Citadel Saviour
Pirates attacked two tankers off the coast of Benin as they were undergoing a ship-to-ship transfer. The vessels involved were the mother ship ‘Golden Sofia’ and the daughter vessel ‘Aidin’. […]
