Month: March 2013

  • Pirates kidnap 3 in offshore Nigeria attack

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    Pirates attacked an oil industry supply vessel in Nigerian waters this week and kidnapped three crew, security sources said on Thursday, in the latest attack off the coast of Africa’s […]

  • FS Courbet Escorts World Food Programme

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    French warship FS Courbet, operating as part of Operation Atalanta, escorted a World Food Programme (WFP) ship carrying food and aid for the Somali people. EU Naval Force French Warship […]

  • Watching the Gulf of Guinea

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    As Washington has assessed the implications of Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical energy chokepoint, a crisis has loomed in another critical maritime energy […]

  • Closer to a Pirate Amnesty

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    It is being reported that Somalia’s federal government is offering an amnesty to junior pirates in an attempt to end the hijackings of merchant vessels. The Somali President notes that the amnesty is […]

  • The Role of ReCAAP

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    The surge in maritime piracy and robbery in Southeast Asia that followed the Asian Financial Crisis led to the signing ReCAAP. This paper looks at the current state of the […]

  • US strategic partnership with India

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    The US is looking for a long-term strategic partnerships with India as it has a tremendous capability to be a security guarantor in South Asia. US looking for strategic partnerships […]

  • Detained ships smuggled from Cornish port

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    Two tugs detained in the Westcountry and condemned as unseaworthy have been smuggled out of port in the dead of night. An investigation has been launched. Detained ships are smuggled from […]

  • Wrench in Maritime Drug Prosecutions

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    America’s war on drugs overseas was dealt a heavy blow when the Court of Appeals called into question current US tactics in foreign territorial waters. Appeals Court Ruling Throws Wrench […]

  • Snail’s Pace Resolution to Crisis in Malaysia

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    FORMER Selangor menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo has blasted the government for taking the longest time to settle a security crisis since 1969 riots. Khir Toyo blasts snail’s pace […]

  • China hikes defence budget

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    China today hiked its defence budget by 10.7 per cent to USD 115.7 billion well above this year’s Indian defence spending of USD 37.4 billion. China hikes defence budget to […]

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