Industry Sector

  • Sailors’ Society launches Crisis Response Centre

    24-hour centre offers support. Sailors’ Society launches Crisis Response Centre to support seafarers affected by piracy Durban-based facility will provide 24-hour rapid response and trauma counselling for survivors of piracy […]

  • NATO navies: beef up against Russia

    NATO will from September to November launch its largest exercises in more than two decades. NATO navies should beef up against Russia: commanders NATO should beef up its maritime arm […]

  • Third Annual QMARSEC Event

    Future of AIS to be high on agenda. Qatar’s National Security Shield Project to Host Third Annual QMARSEC Event The third annual QMARSEC conference will take place on 28 October […]

  • NIMASA domesticates 5 IMO laws

    IMO laws adopted to improve standards. NIMASA domesticates 5 IMO laws to improve safety of ships at sea Determined to improve the safety of ships calling the nation’s seaports, the […]

  • PLA plays down Indian Ocean visits

    Indian Ocean Region is a key political battle ground. PLA plays down Indian Ocean visits, but says ocean not India’s backyard In an interaction with Indian reporters in Beijing, Chinese […]

  • AdvanFort Brits to face trial

    Move stuns defence team, devastates relatives. Six ‘stranded’ Britons face India weapons charge trial Six British men unable to leave India for the past two years despite charges against them […]

  • ASEAN navies join forces over piracy

    Assurances that Malacca Strait is ‘safe’. ASEAN navies join forces over piracy The navies of ASEAN member countries are to join forces and hold a joint operation to uncover the […]

  • Australia, Indonesia act on IUU fishing

    Coordinated maritime patrols. Australia and Indonesia combine forces to tackle illegal fishing Illegal fishing has been the focus of a combined Australian Defence Force and Indonesian Armed Forces operation, concluding in Darwin […]

  • Vietnamese coast guards vs. pirates

    The Vietnamese CG have a history of fighting pirates. Vietnamese coast guards vs. pirates – P1: A face-to-face encounter Several hijacked freighters have been stopped and many pirates have been […]

  • BAE to run new VTS in UK

    More acronyms than is reasonable… New management system for naval base and carriers MILLIONS of pounds are to be spent installing new technology to monitor ship movements in and around […]