Month: December 2012

  • Turkey and Pakistan’s Cooperation

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    Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) and Turkish Coast Guard on Tuesday discussed matters related with joint training, maritime security in Indian Ocean and concept of collaborative security against piracy.

  • What Next for Maritime Security?

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    This month witnessed the first transit of a Russian LNG vessel via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) from Norway to Japan. This kind of vessel, capable of a capacity of […]

  • Italy Jails More Somali Pirates

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    Less than a week after Italian courts sentenced a group of Somali pirates to heavy jail terms for the attempted hijack of the Montescristo…

  • Time to bring Fiji in from the cold

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    LAST month a new regional organisation was born. It arrived with little fanfare, but it may very well reshape the architecture of co-operation in the South Pacific. In early November […]

  • MCA Approves ECDIS Package

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    The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has given its formal approval to the Videotel Marine International CBT ECDIS blended learning package. The course is intended for all deck officers.  MCA APPROVES ECDIS TRAINING […]

  • The Manila Amendments

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    The Manila Amendments is the latest in MSR’s InDepth series, written by Nick Williams of IMSA, the full document can be accessed via the link below. The Manila Amendments: More […]

  • Peru and Chile: a very fishy spat

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    It’s all about patriotism. Well, and a bit of fishing. On Monday, Peru and Chile started their oral arguments before the International Court of Justice in The Hague concerning a […]

  • ROS Regele Ferdinand Heads Home

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    After completing Romania’s first counter piracy operation as part of the EU Naval Force, the Romanian frigate heads home to their base port of Constanta. Romanian Frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand […]

  • Awaiting Sanction

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    Following the terrorist attacks  by sea four years ago on Mumbai, 22 fully trained constables are still awaiting approval to begin patrolling the coastal shores. 22 constables await sanction to […]

  • Floating Fence

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    The disputed maritime border between India and Pakistan will soon see the addition of a floating fence.  India plans to erect the fence in order to safeguard Indian security interest. […]

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