Month: July 2012
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Vietnam and Japan to Cooperate
Vietnam and Japan agreed to step up cooperation in defense and maritime security during Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba’s visit to Vietnam from July 13-14. Vietnam, Japan agree […]
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Illegal Maritime Association
The Nigerian Navy has discovered an organisation training Nigerian youths on military activities and rescue operations illegally. The group, known as Merchant Maritime Transport Safety Association, had trained over 200 […]
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Future Trade
Noboru Ueda, Chairman and President of ClassNK, believes that in the near future the Indian subcontinent could drive the world economy and at the heart of world trade Sri Lanka […]
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Warning Shots
Despite recourse to a series of non-lethal, preplanned responses, an embarked security team aboard USNS Rappahannock was obliged to fire warning shots at a small motor vessel near Jebel Ali […]
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Seeking Security
Tehran insists that its military might is merely based on the nation’s defense doctrine of deterrence and poses no threat to other countries. Iran’s Navy Commander says the Islamic Republic seeks […]
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Port Security
The Obama administration has failed to meet a legal deadline for scanning all shipping containers for radioactive material before they reach U.S. ports. U.S. fails to meet deadline for scanning […]
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Tracking for Smartphones
PortVision Vessel-Tracking Service, Terminal and Fleet Management Dashboards, and Other Capabilities Now Available in Platform Optimized for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry Devices. PortVision Brings Advanced Marine Vessel-Tracking Capabilities to Latest […]
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Key Role
HMS Ocean has returned to London for a key role supporting the police in providing security to the Olympic Games. She will be berthed at Greenwich until after the Paralympics, […]
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Six month drop in world piracy
The number of pirate attacks have fallen sharply in the first half of 2012, led by a drop in Somali piracy, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s […]
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South China Sea Talks
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met in Cambodia on Thursday to discuss how best to resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea, […]
