Month: August 2012

  • Energy Centurion Released

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    Pirates in Togo have released a tanker with 24 Russian crew on board after siphoning off part of the gas oil cargo, a spokesperson for the ship’s Greek company said […]

  • Patrols Resume

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    After an absence of two months, the South African Navy has resumed anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Mozambique. Navy resumes anti-piracy patrols after two-month hiatus by Dean Wingrin, Defenceweb […]

  • Centralised Protection

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    US-based company Armed Piracy Defence is proposing a centralised approach to ensure that all ships within high risk areas will have anti piracy security teams on board. These security teams […]

  • Coast Guard Strike

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    In protest against government cutbacks, Greek coast guard officers have said that they will be taking industrial action starting with a protest rally in central Athens. Police, firefighters and coast […]

  • Search Called Off

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    After Australian and commercial ships having plucked more than 50 people from the sea, the rescue operation for survivors of a boat carrying asylum seekers that sank near Indonesia’s Java […]

  • View Fishing Without Nets

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    Awarded the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance 2012 Film Festival (see Fishing Without Nets), director Cutter Hodierne’s tale of Somalian pirates, co-written with John Hibey, can now be […]

  • The Forgotten Hostages

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    The plight of a ship’s crew held hostage for more than two and half years has become a “scar on the conscience of the shipping industry”. Abandoned at sea – […]

  • Ice Cool Under Pressure

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    Ulstein Group has joined forces with GC Rieber Shipping to offer the market a new standard in operational security and performance – a ship that refuses to accept failure, thanks […]

  • Plunge in Piracy

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    According to statistics released by the United States Navy, acts of piracy in the treacherous waters around the Horn of Africa have fallen sharply in 2012. U.S. Reports That Piracy […]

  • Moscow Confirms Kidnapping

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    Russia’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that 23 Russian citizens were on board the Energy Centurion, the Greek owned oil tanker  hijacked off the coast of Togo Russia confirms 23 citizens on […]

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