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  • Seaman Guard Ohio crew face retrial

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    Anguish for security guards and their families set to continue. Seaman Guard Ohio crew face retrial in India The Mission to Seafarers has announced that the freed crew of the MV […]

  • India CG concerned about PMSCs

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    Merchant ships with armed security guards apparently now pose a threat.  Armed cargo ships along India’s coast pose security threat: ICG CHENNAI: Commercial ships with armed men on board, which […]

  • Angola Modernizes Navy

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    New vessels to combat piracy, smuggling and illegal fishing.  Angola Modernizes Navy to Protect Maritime Resources By Francisco Galamas Last month, Brazil and Angola signed a Technical Memorandum of Understanding for the Brazilian […]

  • NATO’s Maritime Future

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    Can NATO stem the maritime decline? [Opinion] NATO’s Maritime Future By Lt. Cmdr. Mark Lawrence, USN The transatlantic alliance successfully navigated some rough seas in 2014. A year that began without […]

  • Vietnam tanker missing amid piracy fears

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    Potentially the 13th tanker hijacked in region since April.  Vietnam tanker and 18 crew missing amid piracy fears A Vietnamese oil tanker has gone missing en route to Vietnam from […]

  • Piracy warning ahead of Nigeria election

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    Analysts all predicting sharp rise in attacks.  Piracy expected to increase ahead of Nigeria’s election By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Piracy will increase in the Gulf of Guinea as Nigeria prepares […]

  • New Training for Safer Seas

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    Multi-national gathering to institute new training program.  New Training for Safer Seas: The Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting On September 30 and October 1, the Heads of Asian […]

  • Rig evacuated in nuclear scare

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    Incident being classed as “serious”.  Oil rig evacuated after ship carrying radioactive waste drifts An oil platform has been evacuated after a ship carrying radioactive material caught fire and began […]

  • New chief for Pakistan Navy

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    New naval chief assures of strong maritime security ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed naval chief, Admiral Zakaullah, formally took over the Command of the Pakistan Navy in change of command ceremony […]

  • North, South Korea ships exchange fire

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    No casualties reported in latest incident. Shots Fired Between South, North Korea Ships A South Korean naval ship fired warning shots on Tuesday after a North Korean patrol boat crossed […]

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