Areas of Risk
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Registration Open for July 10 UK Royal Navy’s 1 Day Shipping Managers’ Course
This year’s Royal Navy’s One Day Shipping Managers’ Course will be held at The Chamber of Shipping, London on Wednesday 10th July 2019. Registration is currently open. This one day […]
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Reports That April 19 “Pirate” Attack in Bonny, Nigeria Was Disagreement Between Criminal Syndicates in Illicit Crude Oil Theft
May 24: The Nigerian Navy has stated that the April 19 pirate attack and kidnapping of 6-7 crew was intentionally misreported. This comes after recent reports that the vessel – […]
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Gabon Gets New Maritime Operations Center to Protect Maritime Borders and Counter Illicit Trafficking
May 03: Gabon’s navy has accepted a new maritime operations centre (MOC), which was built by the United States Navy’s Seabees. It will support Gabon in protecting its maritime borders […]
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Customs Strike Causes Fuel Supply Interruptions, Sparking Shortage Fears Across Lebanon
May 20: Lebanese motorists have swarmed to gas stations across the country over fears of a possible runout if the strike carried out by customs employees continues. Confusion erupted after […]
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Ransom Demanded for Release of Crew of Madina/Apecus in Nigeria
UPDATE MAY 24: The Nigerian Navy has stated that the April 19 pirate attack and kidnapping of 6-7 crew was intentionally misreported. Disagreement between criminal syndicates in illicit crude oil […]
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Operations Continue Despite Dockworkers’ Strike at Port of General Santos, Philippines
May 22: The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said operations at the Port of General Santos remain uninterrupted despite a strike by dockworkers due to stalled negotiations of a collective bargaining […]
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UAVs to Start Patrolling Some Ports for Environmental Infringements
May 20: Regulators are bracing for rules that are meant to lower shipping’s emissions of sulfur oxides, pollutants blamed for acid rain and aggravating human health conditions like asthma. Because […]
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Singapore Opens Maritime Cybersecurity Operations Centre (MSOC)
May 20: The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has opened a Maritime Cybersecurity Operations Centre (MSOC). Operated by ST Engineering in its hub, MSOC will conduct 24/7 monitoring […]
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UNODC Finds West Africa Losing Over $777m USD Annually to Maritime Crimes
May 20: West African countries have lost over $777.1 million USD annually between 2015 and 2017, in addition to human costs, from piracy in the region. The region has also […]
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US Warns of Potential Data Leaks from Chinese-Made UAVs
May 21: The US government has issued an alert warning that Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), could pose a cyber-espionage risk to American businesses and other organisations that […]
