Merchant Marine
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Armed And Effective
Information is emerging of an armed team onboard the Iranian VLCC “Hadi” having played a significant role in warding off a Pirate attack. Internet reports said that the National Iranian Tanker Company […]
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Waiting for Demands
Almost a month after two South Africans were kidnapped off the east African coast by suspected Somali pirates, there was still no ransom demand or any word on their fate. […]
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Latest Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report
Maritime OPINTEL Report (U) WORLDWIDE: Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report Oct 26 – 24 Nov 2010 24 November 2010 Maritime Crime/Piracy, Commercial (301) 669-4448 . . (U) Table of […]
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Signing On: The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors
Representatives of Governments, NGOs, and the security industry gathered in Geneva this week to sign a new International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors, and to put in place […]
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MSCs a viable alternative?
By: Walter P. Verstrepen * “U.S. Admiral Mark Fitzgerald says commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean should carry armed guards to help defend against Somali […]
