Month: September 2013

  • UAE Millions To Stop Piracy

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    By helping to fund Somali schools, hospitals, and businesses, the UAE hopes to prevent children falling into a life of piracy and crime UAE investing millions in Somali schools to stop […]

  • Smugglers Send Flaming Marijuana Adrift

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    Smugglers shipping 30 tonnes of hashish resin across Mediterranean – with a street value of €40 million (£33.8m) – created a massive drifting cloud of marijuana fumes after setting fire […]

  • Chinese Navy Leader to Visit San Diego

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    The Chief of Naval Operations will host his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China for a visit to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps commands beginning with the San Diego-based […]

  • Not Mission Impossible

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    Leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime have issued their latest report ‘Special Advisory, The West Africa Problem; Mission Not Impossible’, which focuses on the rapidly evolving nature of maritime crime […]

  • Xi and Abe Shake Hands

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    The Chinese and Japanese leaders have shaken hands and spoken to each other in an unexpected meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit China, Japan leaders Xi and Abe […]

  • Renewed Safety Concerns

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    Renewed safety concerns have been raised about an oil and gas field which was shut down last year due to a leak Renewed safety concerns over North Sea gas leak […]

  • Aircraft Carriers or Not?

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    A number of countries are building amphibious ships with the potential to operate fixed-wing aircraft. Could an arms race ensue? Aircraft Carriers or Not? Flattops in the Pacific By Mike […]

  • RPG attack on container ship in Suez Canal

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    Pictures from the failed Aug. 31 attack on the Panama-registered Cosco (1919) Asia didn’t damage the ship or its cargo, Suez Canal Authority head Mohab Mamish said in a statement […]

  • Aircraft Carriers ‘Vulnerable’

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    MPs claim new British aircraft carriers suffer from significant technical problems, including the risk of being open to attack, and spiralling costs MPs criticise Ministry of Defence over ‘vulnerable’ aircraft […]

  • Passage of U.S. Warships

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    The chief of the Suez Canal Authority has said Egyptian authorities cannot prevent passage of the U.S. warships through the canal according to the 1888 Constantinople Convention of the Suez […]

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