Month: February 2013

  • Pirates kidnap three crew

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    Pirates have attacked a British-owned cargo ship, the Esther C, in the Gulf of Guinea, taking three crew members hostage, the vessel’s owner said. Pirates kidnap three cargo ship crew […]

  • Five dead on Canary Islands cruise ship

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    Five crew members have died after a lifeboat fell from a cruise ship in the port of Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands. Five dead on Canary […]

  • China denies putting radar-lock on Japanese warship

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    China on Friday denied Japan’s accusations that a Chinese navy vessel had put a radar-lock on a Japanese warship near a group of disputed islands. China denies putting radar-lock on […]

  • Asia’s pirates target marine fuel

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    While Somali piracy may have grabbed headlines over the past few years, experts say piracy is moving back to its former heartland, South East Asia. Asia’s sea pirates target treasure […]

  • New Flagship Service For 2013

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    Dryad Maritime announce the launch of new services, including the ‘Fleet Security Management’ package, designed to relieve the burden of risk assessment and maritime security. Dryad Maritime Launch New Flagship […]

  • LGS Nigeria Partner with Hanson Wade

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    The Oil & Gas Infrastructure Security Africa conference gave LGS Nigeria and Hanson Wade the opportunity to experiment synergies, the positive experience has led them further develop a strategic partnership. […]

  • Reexamining the Gulf of Guinea

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    Along with the release of the IMB’s 2012 piracy report come the onslaught of analysts seeking to explain why crime is decreasing in certain theaters. Reexamining the Gulf of Guinea: […]

  • Disrupting Regional Security

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    China’s use of non-military maritime vessels to advance its sovereignty claims is disrupting regional security in ways that could very well lead to conflict. ‘China’s use of non-military vessels disrupting […]

  • Japan’s anti-piracy bill

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    The Japanese govt. will submit a bill to the Diet to allow security contractors aboard Japanese vessels to carry firearms while in waters off Somalia. Antipiracy bill drafted to let […]

  • French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed

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    A French-owned ship seized by pirates off Ivory Coast on Sunday has been freed, the vessel’s owner has said. French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed A French-owned ship seized […]

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