Analysis

  • Map: Visualizing 40 Years of Nautical Piracy

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    February 08: A web map visualization of piracy incidents from 1978 to October 2018 has been made, both as an aggregation layer of 50,000 square kilometre hexagonal cells at broad […]

  • ReCAAP Q1 2019 Report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia

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    ReCAAP has published its 1st Quarter Report 2019, available here. Its Executive Summary states: A total of 10 incidents of armed robbery against ships (comprising nine actual incidents and one […]

  • IMB: Piracy Incidents Fall But Kidnapping Threat Persists in Gulf of Guinea

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    April 08: Fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea were reported in the first three months of 2019, but risk of kidnappings continue to pose a threat to […]

  • Continued SE Asian attacks against small tankers

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    Published today, a new report from the ICC IMB highlights a continuing trend in South East Asia in the hijacking of small coastal tankers by maritime pirates. Maritime piracy report […]

  • Intel sharing still a challenge

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    Some nations treating intel as a one way street. Sharing of maritime security intel still a challenge: Royal Navy official By Salma El Shaheed The fight against piracy in the […]

  • Beyond Piracy

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    Piracy has dominated news headlines over the past few years. This is unsurprising when we consider the scale of the challenge faced which reached such a height that the international […]

  • 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 […]

  • Floating Armories

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    The U.S government is watching floating armories carefully; they may not be the best solution in the on-going battle against pirates and their ilk Counter Piracy and the Flap About […]

  • How Islamist militancy threatens Africa

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    The countries of North and West Africa have become embroiled in a new war waged by violent Islamist militants – a conflict with no front line. How Islamist militancy threatens […]

  • Economic Cost of Somali Piracy

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    A report detailing the overall economic cost incurred worldwide from Somali piracy is being launched in Denmark on Tuesday 9th April by Oceans Beyond Piracy. OBP RELEASES UPDATED REPORT ON […]

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