Insurance

  • ReCAAP: 18% rise in maritime crime

    106 reported incidents in the first half of 2015. ReCAAP ISC posts 18% rise of incidents in 1H15 Titus Zheng Singapore-headquartered anti-piracy organisation ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ReCAAP ISC) has […]

  • PMSCs illegally moving weapons

    Concerns raised in Malaysia. Security firms ferrying arms illegally in M’sian waters Maritime security contractors are ferrying weapons and ammunition on board foreign vessels in Malaysian waters without prior approval, […]

  • PLA anti-piracy patrol heads home

    Deployed for 221 days. Chinese anti-piracy patrol returns home The Chinese navy’s 19th escort group has returned home after spending 221 days patrolling for pirates off the East African coast […]

  • Security at sea essential in West Africa

    Netherlands concerned over WAF security. Koenders: ‘Security at sea essential in West Africa’ Foreign minister Bert Koenders discussed maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea with his Togolese counterpart Robert […]

  • Arbitration for Enrica Lexie case?

    Latorre to stay in Italy for additional six months. Italian marines’ murder case in India may go to arbitration BY SUCHITRA MOHANTY A case in which two Italian marines are […]

  • The new targets for cyber crime

    Organised gangs targetting transport sector. Trains and boats and planes – the new targets for cyber crime By Stuart Poole-Robb Organised Criminal Gangs (OCGs) are now conducting a rapidly growing number […]

  • Of PMSCs and cheap parachutes

    Risk, pirates and private security. Dryad Maritime: Of PMSCs and cheap parachutes Portsmouth: What do many private maritime security companies and cheap parachutes have in common? It sounds like the […]

  • Bodies Wash up on Libyan Shore

    Med death toll rises. Dozens of Bodies Wash up on Libyan Shore by Zizi Agabani As many as 100 bodies believed to be sub-saharan migrants have been found in the sea […]

  • Seychelles to assist in drug fight

    Shift from anti-piracy to anti-narcotics. UNODC counts on Seychelles support to combat drug trafficking on the high seas By: Sharon Uranie The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) is looking […]

  • Russia, Japan to hold sea drills

    Joint naval drills this month. Russian, Japanese Border Guards to Hold Joint Drills in Sakhalin Russian and Japanese forces will practice arresting a simulated trespasser vessel, helping a sinking vessel […]