Month: October 2012

  • Kidnapped Off Nigeria

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    LAGOS — Kidnappers have boarded a ship off Nigeria and abducted seven crew members, including six Russians and one Estonian, in the latest such incident in the region, French company […]

  • Software Key to Security?

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    An Aberdeen company has launched a new software product designed to help protect ships from piracy. Last year, piracy was estimated to cost £4.46bn in increased security measures and ransom […]

  • Piracy drops by 54% in Gulf of Aden

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    Ahead of the upcoming Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition and conference, the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre confirms that pirate attacks off the Somali coast have declined by […]

  • Synergy

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    Navy chief stresses on synergy to combat maritime threats. New Delhi: Alluding to the growing maritime threats, including piracy, Indian Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi on Tuesday underlined the “constant […]

  • Drug War Unity

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    US Coast Guard wants Caribbean unity in drug war. In addressing maritime security, no one government has all the answers, said Michael Brown, representative of the United States Coast Guard. […]

  • Shipping Faces New Security Challenge

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    Piracy off the coast of East Africa has fallen dramatically over the past year thanks in part to better naval surveillance and shipping companies going to sea with armed maritime […]

  • WMD Training

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    PHL Coast Guardsmen trained to intercept weapons of mass destruction As part of their anti-terrorism training, Philippine Coast Guardsmen were taught by their US counterparts how to detect and intercept […]

  • Meeting at Sea

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    EU NAVFOR Force Commander and Combined Maritime Forces Commander (CMF) Meet At Sea Over the weekend EU NAVFOR Force Commander, Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino and the Commander of the Combined […]

  • Asia powers double defense spending

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    WASHINGTON — Asia’s top powers have doubled defense spending in the past decade, spurred by the explosion in military expenditure by China, new research shows. While troop numbers have remained […]

  • Peace and Security

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    Implementing Peace And Security Architecture In Southern Africa To preserve Southern Africa’s relative peace in the face of rising challenges and threats, Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states must […]

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