Month: August 2014

  • Spanish Navy ship in drug haul

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    Training ship apparently used for smuggling. Spanish navy ship caught with 127kg of cocaine on board Spanish police have seized 127kg of cocaine found in a storeroom of a navy […]

  • Drugs lure Costa Rica’s fishermen

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    American authorities assisting country in drug fight. Drug traffickers lure Costa Rica’s struggling coastal fishermen with offers of easy money QUEPOS, Puntarenas – On June 11, 2014, 11 fishermen made […]

  • Time for a New Suez Canal

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    Plans for major new expansion of shipping route. Time for a New Suez Canal, Egypt Says CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Tuesday it plans to build a new Suez […]

  • Sea-based nuclear weapons in Asia

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    Sea-based nuclear-weapon delivery platforms are set to proliferate in the Indo-Pacific. Sea-based nuclear weapons in Asia: Stabiliser or menace? Rory Medcalf On this day in 1945, the first nuclear weapon […]

  • Top Aussie border official in SL

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    Maritime security and people smuggling on the agenda. Top Aussie border protection official in SL Commander of the Australian Border Protection Command, Rear Admiral Michael Noonan is currently in Sri […]

  • The Virtue of Fighting Back

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    Suppression of piracy off Somalia is a double-edged sword. The Virtue of Fighting Back The Somali pirates are a problem again, mainly because they are no longer a problem. It […]

  • Raiders of the High Seas

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    Indian penal code needs to be updated to include piracy laws. Raiders of the High Seas Though several Indians are still being held hostage by pirates, India is yet to […]

  • Maritime Piracy Database 2001-2010

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    Attempt to tally global piracy incidents and reports.  Facts, Figures, Trends: the Contemporary Maritime Piracy Database 2001-2010 By Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal The lack of reliable piracy data has been identified as […]

  • Japan gives Vietnam patrol boats

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    Coast Guard to receive new vessels to ensure maritime security. Japan to Give 6 Maritime Vessels to Vietnam Franz Ludwig Bernardo Japan has agreed to provide the Vietnamese Coast Guard […]

  • Japan security environment severe

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    Territorial disputes adding to issues. Japan security environment ‘increasingly severe’ The security environment around Japan has become “increasingly severe” amid tensions with China and concern over North Korea, the Japanese […]

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