Month: May 2012

  • Blow to pirates on shoreline

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    15th May – Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval Force to take disruption action […]

  • Safe to Fly

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    The firm which makes Super Puma helicopters has said they are safe to fly after one ditched in the North Sea but flights are still suspended. Super Puma ‘safe to […]

  • Piracy Threatens Development

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    Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza (pictured) has expressed concern that his country’s future economic development could suffer the effects of piracy off the coast of Somalia being a threat to offshore […]

  • Got a Pirate Problem?

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    Officials announced yesterday that the U.S. Department of Defense will fund an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored project aimed at developing Web applications to help multinational navies police the world’s […]

  • EU Naval Force rescues iranian fishermen

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    EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Dutch frigate Van Amstel releases a pirated dhow and her 17 Iranian crew from suspected pirates. On 11 May EU NAVFOR frigate HNLMS Van Amstel […]

  • Helicopter Flights Suspended

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    More helicopter flights have been grounded after the ditching of a Super Puma in the North Sea on Thursday. Bond suspends more North Sea helicopter flights Air accident investigators have […]

  • Castaway Sues Cruise Line

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    A Panamanian fisherman who survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific and watched two companions die is suing the owners of a cruise ship that sailed past. Castaway sues Princess […]

  • Rethinking the Strait of Hormuz

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    If hostilities break out over any disruption of traffic through this busy sea lane, the Navy had better look long and hard at Iran’s anti-access/area-denial capabilities. Rethinking the Strait of […]

  • Face to Face

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    Very few of the Somali-based pirates who plague the Indian Ocean have been brought to justice, partly as a result of the lack of government in Somalia. But several are […]

  • Oil & Gas Security 2012 Summit

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    Day one of the Oil & Gas Security 2012 summit included speeches on topics ranging from SCEG to how to prevent your oil pipe being hot tapped. Vice Admiral Sir […]

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