Month: April 2012
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Crew Location Device
Voyage Manager and Omnisense have teamed up to develop what they call the world’s most advanced system for locating passengers and crew in real time, aimed at improving response times […]
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Marines to Battle Pirates
This month the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force began training at Camp Pendleton and Naval Base San Diego with Special Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, […]
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100 anni dal Titanic
In seguito all’incaglio della Costa Concordia,l’European Cruise Council (ECC), organismo europeo che rappresenta le maggiori società europee di crociere, insieme alla Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA),hanno avanzato una proposta di […]
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Port Recovery and Salvage Response
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled ‘Maritime Security: Coast Guard Efforts to Address Port Recovery and Salvage Response’, provides a description of the mechanisms that the US […]
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Innocent Somali Crew Rescued
On Saturday 14 April Spanish warship ESPS Reina Sofia, who is now operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, stopped a Yemeni dhow that was suspected of […]
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What is Piracy?
The trial of a Somali man U.S. authorities consider the highest-ranking pirate they have ever captured will begin this week in Virginia under a cloud of uncertainty about what the […]
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Cold War in the Arctic
The U.S. and other countries are building up their military presence in the Arctic to help exploit its riches – and protect shifting borders. As ice cap melts, militaries vie […]
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Advanced IBS Delivered
Raytheon Anschütz has completed the supply of an Integrated Bridge System (IBS) to the “SA Agulhas II”, a new polar research ship owned by the Republic of South Africa’s Department of […]
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Investment Plea
During a maritime security conference in Cape Town, South Africa’s Navy chief, Vice-Admiral Johannes Mudimu, called on African countries to invest more in protecting their seas from piracy. Plea to […]
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Naval Drill
Amid a territorial stand-off between China and the Philippines, American and Filipino troops have launched a two week naval drill as part of the United States’ attempt to reinforce its […]