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  • Regional turmoil helps maritime growth

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    BEIRUT: The volatile situation in the region will ironically help Lebanon’s maritime transport sector to grow even further, the public works and transportation minister said Thursday at the fourth annual […]

  • Perilous Crossing

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    Despite the perils and the ever greater difficulty in circumventing border security measures, migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa continue to reach the shores of southern Europe. 52 African […]

  • On Track

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    Lowri Evans, director general at the EU commission’s maritime and fisheries directorate has underlined the achievements of the EU’s ‘integrated maritime policy’ (IMP) and stated that the next decade will be […]

  • Police Presence

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    A new project aimed at making air and sea travel safer will result in increased police presence at the Port of Larne. New port security will see increased police in […]

  • Olympic Security Operation

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    The Royal Marines have been exercising with the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit (MPU) on the Thames as part of Olympic safety and security planning for the London Olympics. Royal […]

  • MoD Reviewing Security Status

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    An article in today’s Gibraltar Chronicle reveals some of the serious concerns posed by Iran’s threat to block the Strait of Hormuz if the West imposes new sanctions over its […]

  • Hostage and Hijack

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    Turkish security forces have killed a hijacker who seized a ferry off the coast east of Istanbul on Friday. Anti-terrorist commandos stormed the vessel at dawn and shot the lone […]

  • Libyan Vessels Engaged

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    A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft and guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52), engaged Libyan Coast Guard vessel Vittoria and two smaller […]

  • Israel Intercepts Ship

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    Israel’s navy has intercepted a ship in the Mediterranean that it suspects of carrying weapons for Hamas fighters in Gaza. According to Israeli navy sources a ship bound for Egypt […]

  • Small Security Matters

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    When considering maritime security matters it is all too often the “big” problems which grab the limelight. Increasingly though security authorities are having to look closer to home – not […]

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