EMEA
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Athens Negotiates Marines’ Release
The three Dutch marines who were captured near Sirte on 27 February during a failed evacuation mission in Libya have been released and were flown to Athens last Friday following […]
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Port Call Advice
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Port Security Advisory for Libya , suggesting security measures for ships to take when calling upon Libyan ports. Civil unrest in Libya has […]
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Food Turned Back
The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for safe humanitarian access to Libya after a ship carrying food aid was forced to turn back on Thursday amidst security concerns. “This […]
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New Head of UNIFIL
Rear Admiral Luiz Henrique Caroli of Brazil assumed command of the Maritime Task Force (MTF), the naval component of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in a ceremony […]
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Past Paranoia
Yet more Wikileaks revelations concerning maritime security have emerged. This time round the focus has been on the United States and past concerns over certain ferry routes. The report has drawn […]
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Shipowners blast anti-piracy effort
Shipowners blast anti-piracy effort January 10, 2011 From Views and News from Norway . Norwegian shipowners don’t think their government is doing nearly enough to fend off piracy attacks at […]
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Mediterranean Commerce
Maritime commerce and security in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters Authors: Emiliano Alessandri and Silvia Colombo Published with the kind permission of the of the Istituto Affari Internazionali . The unity […]
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Selling Helicopter Carriers to Russia: Is France Creating a Mistral in the Black Sea?
According to Russia Today, French defence company DCNS has won a Russian Defence Ministry tender with the amphibious assault ship Mistral. [1] If it goes ahead, the deal would be […]
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NATO and North Africa: Piracy Prevention and Prediction Conference
Whilst piracy and armed robbery at sea is hardly a distinct problem for the Mediterranean (the IMB’s last recorded attack was off Corsica in 2008), the Mediterranean can be considered […]
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Israeli use of force during the boarding of the Gaza Flotilla
Report of the UN’s Human Rights Council. “Unnecessary, disproportionate, excessive and inappropriate”, or so says the UN Human Rights Council’s report on the Israeli boarding of the Gaza flotilla. […]
