Month: November 2012
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Anti-Piracy Gains Can Easily Be Reversed
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson to the Security Council debate on maritime piracy as a threat to international peace and security, in […]
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Obama at Asean summit as sea row rumbles
US President Barack Obama is attending a regional summit in Cambodia, with trade pacts and rumbling tensions over the South China Sea set to dominate. The East Asia summit is […]
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US warships head for Israel
An unidentified man injured the US embassy guard in Tel Aviv with an axe and knife Tuesday, Nov. 20. He was captured. Three amphibious warships with 2,500 Marines aboard back […]
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Navy SEALs vs. Somali Pirates Film
When American special forces unit SEAL Team 6 rescued a pair of aid workers from Somali pirates earlier this year, it became only a matter of time before someone decided […]
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Future Tankers
The four new UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) tankers which will be bought as part of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) programme will be called the Tide class. […]
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Navy Foils Kidnap, Arrests 7 Sea Pirates In Rivers
The Nigeria Navy said yesterday that it has arrested seven suspected sea pirates who attacked a fishing trawler, in an attempt to kidnap its occupants on the high sea of […]
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Spain will protect fishermen in Gibraltar waters
Spain said on Friday its security forces would protect Spanish fishermen following the latest flare-up in disputed waters around the British territory of Gibraltar. Britain on Thursday accused Spanish navy […]
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Clyde coastguard station ‘closes early’
Campaigners have claimed that Clyde Coastguard will be closed “to all intents and purposes” from Friday evening. After 20:00 GMT, emergency calls will be handled from Belfast or Stornoway. Routine […]
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Valuable Advice To Mariners
A decade of dealing with the Somali pirates has motivated merchant ships to adopt policies that make life very difficult for the pirates. To aid this process the NATO anti-piracy […]
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Ambrey Risk Gains Panama Accreditation
U.K.-based maritime security specialist Ambrey Risk has become one of the first maritime security companies to be granted official accreditation by the Panama Maritime Authority allowing it to provide armed […]
