Industry Sector

  • Piracy rampant in Indonesia waters

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    IMB report causes alarm regionally. Piracy rampant in Indonesia waters Nani Afrida Indonesia should boost efforts to secure its sea territory to prevent a rise in piracy and armed robbery […]

  • Concerns over proposed EU migrant tactics

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    Cornered by foreign naval vessels, people traffickers may simply throw their human cargo overboard. Why fighting piracy won’t work as a model for fighting people traffickers By Colin Freeman, Chief foreign correspondent […]

  • Somalia: Puntland begins 24-hour sea patrols

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    Fight against IUU fishing.  Somalia: Puntland begins 24-hour sea patrols to counter illegal fishing Somalia’s north eastern government of Puntland has commenced twenty-hour sea petrol after dispatching well-equipped marine forces […]

  • India boosts coastal surveillance

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    Cabinet nod for 300-strong team to man 91 spots along coastline Shailendra Paranjpe The cabinet has decided to create a force comprising 300 personnel to guard 91 sensitive spots along […]

  • EU threatens Thailand over IUU fishing

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    Sanctions unless monitoring brought in. EU threatens Thailand with trade ban over illegal fishing World’s third-largest seafood exporter given six months to clean up its industry where ‘illegal fishing is […]

  • US warns Iran on Yemen weapons

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    Iranian convoy causing concern in Washington. Obama says U.S. has warned Iran not to send weapons to Yemen By Roberta Rampton and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama […]

  • 10 percent Rise In Global Piracy Attacks Recorded

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    IMB issues quarterly report.  10 percent Rise In Global Piracy Attacks Recorded Global piracy attacks rose by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, with more than half […]

  • Who’s Really Killing Mediterranean Migrants?

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    It isn’t Europe. But Europe is playing into the murderers’ hands. Who’s Really Killing the Migrants of the Mediterranean? Smugglers send their desperate human cargo to sea with just enough […]

  • Rate of cases related to piracy falling

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    No major incidents in East Africa. Rate of cases related to piracy falling, says Membe BY JAMES KANDOYA Cases related to piracy have dropped to zero in  a year since […]

  • FG Promises More Funding For Nigerian Navy

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    Navy faced with major funding challenge. FG Promises More Funding For Nigerian Navy Before Handover The Federal Government Of Nigeria has promised to make budgetary provisions for the Nigerian Navy […]

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