Month: January 2012

  • Philippine Coast Guard Assistance

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    The Philippine Coast Guard is set to receive assistance from the United States in the form of $100,000 worth of equipment and training. PHL Coast Guard to receive equipment, training […]

  • Technology used to combat piracy

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    Big players in defence intelligence have come together in London to highlight how data and intelligence, used in a smart way, can help tackle piracy. It is the latest move […]

  • Piracy and Kidnapping in Somalia

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    Over the past several years, the pirates of Somalia have enjoyed what might be called a following wind. They operate in a country where government authority is weak and in […]

  • Hyperbaric Test Centre Opened

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    Yesterday Commodore Henry Parker RN opened the new Diving and Hyperbaric Test Centre (DHTC) on the QinetiQ site at Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire. QinetiQ Diving and Hyperbaric Test Centre opened […]

  • Future of Trade?

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    The Maersk Group’s strategy to target growth markets aligns well with a recent UN report that found emerging economies now account for almost 30% of global GDP and 40% of […]

  • Olympic Security Operation

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    The Royal Marines have been exercising with the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit (MPU) on the Thames as part of Olympic safety and security planning for the London Olympics. Royal […]

  • Chinese Naval Might

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    WSJ’s Nathan Hodge reports on a new fleet of Chinese ballistic missiles that can strike warships nearly 2,000 miles offshore and are intended to counter U.S. warships. China Takes Aim […]

  • Captain Scott’s Newspaper Revisited

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    Captain Scott’s two Antarctic expeditions had their own newspaper, the South Polar Times, now reprinted for collectors By Robin McKie, The Observer The South Polar Times: Captain Scott’s newspaper revisited It had […]

  • Armed Guards Revisited

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    The recent announcement by the UK Government that weapons will be allowed on UK-flagged vessels is not perhaps as revolutionary as it might first appear. Former Royal Marine Stephen Askins […]

  • Pirates Mutilate Captain

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    According to Tuoitrenews a Vietnamese Captain held hostage by Somali pirates has had his arm cut off. Tuoitrenews, an online publication of Vietnam’s Tuoi Tre newspaper, has reported that one […]

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