Month: October 2013
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ITS Libeccio Conducts Friendly Approach
Italian frigate ITS Libeccio carried out a ‘Friendly Approach’ and the warship’s crew received information about the movements of maritime traffic in the area. Italian Warship ITS Libeccio Conducts Friendly […]
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Nigeria pirate attack: US sailors seized
Pirates have seized two US sailors from an oil supply ship off the coast of Nigeria, officials say. The captain and chief engineer of the US-flagged C-Retriever were taken on Wednesday […]
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CTF 151 welcomes ROKS Choi Young
The Commander of CTF 151 has extended a warm welcome to crew from the latest Republic of Korea ship to join the multinational task force during their visit to his […]
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Sustainable Fisheries Task Force
A recent IUU Fisheries workshop in Djibouti reached a unanimous decision to develop a task force to advance sustainable fisheries for the Horn of Africa sub regions. IGAD announced the […]
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‘signalled but failed to turn’
The skipper of a racing yacht that collided with an oil tanker said it happened because the ship signalled to turn but never did. Cowes Week yacht collision tanker ‘signalled […]
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Russia drops piracy charges
Russia has dropped piracy charges against 30 Greenpeace activists, replacing them with hooliganism charges, according to officials. Greenpeace says it is still “wildly disproportionate”. Russia drops piracy charges against Greenpeace group […]
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Protecting Hydrocarbon Wealth
The Ghanaian Navy says it is setting up special boat units to deal with maritime security challenges like piracy in order to secure the country’s new-found offshore oil and gas […]
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Traffickers Hack Shipping Containers
The scheme sounds like a work of near science fiction. But police in the Netherlands and Belgium insist its true, and say they have the evidence to prove it. To Move […]
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Maritime insecurity and sustainable development
Coventry University has been awarded a grant to organise a research seminar series titled – ‘Fostering Sustainable Development: Examining the challenges posed by maritime insecurity’. ‘Coventry University Research Centre awarded Economic […]
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Iranian Navy thwarts pirate attack
The Iranian Navy has thwarted the second attempted pirate attack in a month, according to Iranian officials, firing on pirates and causing them to flee an attack in the Bab […]
