Month: January 2013

  • Netherlands use Colombo to fight pirates

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    The Royal Netherlands Navy has decided to use Colombo, Sri Lanka, as a hub to provide security to the international trade vessels against the pirates. Netherlands to use Colombo to […]

  • Navy chief wants joint patrol with NCS

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    The Chief of Naval Staff called for joint patrol with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for a strategic partnership to secure the nation’s maritime borders. Maritime security: Navy chief wants […]

  • EUNAVFOR Transfer 12 Suspected Pirates

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    Following an attack in early January off the Somali Coast, twelve men suspected of committing an act of piracy, were transferred to the Mauritian authorities. EU Naval Force Transfers Twelve […]

  • Iraq, Kuwait Ink Maritime Navigation Deal

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    Iraq on Tuesday approved a deal with Kuwait regulating the use of the Khor Abdullah shared waterway through which most of Baghdad’s oil exports flow. Iraq, Kuwait Ink Maritime Navigation […]

  • National security must be top priority

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    The first duty of Government remains national security, the Royal Navy’s most senior officer, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, told a meeting of Cardiff Business Club. Our national security must be […]

  • Japan & India Coordinate

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    Faced with a China that is aggressively pursuing its territorial interests in the South and East China Seas, Japan and India decided to coordinate moves. India, Japan make common cause […]

  • MOD Calls For Security Innovation

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    The MOD’s Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) is seeking innovative proof-of-concept research proposals from industry and academia to improve the security of maritime operations to combat illegal activity. Innovative ways sought to improve […]

  • Systematic security breaches?

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    Although this is an industry that has become very familiar with physical security, we’re not always as good at protecting ourselves against less tangible threats. Cyber security is big business, […]

  • Dryad Maritime initiates expansion

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    In a step that reinforces its planned expansion and diversification strategy Dryad Maritime today announced the opening of its new office development in Hastings, UK. Dryad Maritime initiates strategic expansion […]

  • No Bargain for Disputed Territory

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    China will never bargain over what it deems to be “core” territorial and security interests, the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping, said in first speech. China’s Incoming Leader Pledges Not […]

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