Industry Sector

  • Swift and bold: A piracy alert response

    “Having only taken command of CTF 151 a few days ago, it is heartening to see such a well co-ordinated action by CTF 151 in cooperation with other agencies, demonstrating […]

  • Russian ship blocks Crimean port

    A Russian ship is blocking the entrance to the harbour in Sevastopol, as tension in Crimea mounts. The BBC’s Christian Fraser reports. Ukraine crisis: Russian ship blocks Crimean port A Russian […]

  • ‘North Group’

    North of England P&I Association (North) and Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company Limited (SMMI) merged to form the North Group on Friday 28 February 2014. NORTH P&I AND SUNDERLAND MARINE […]

  • USS Somerset Flight 93 tribute

    A new U.S. Navy ship named to honor 40 passengers and crew killed when their hijacked United Airlines flight crashed as they fought with terrorists during the Sept. 11 attacks […]

  • New head of Ukraine’s navy defects in Crimea

    The newly appointed head of Ukraine’s navy has sworn allegiance to the Crimea region, in the presence of its unrecognised pro-Russian leader. New head of Ukraine’s navy defects in Crimea […]

  • Change of command ceremony

    Commodore Ali Abbas of the Pakistan Navy has taken command of the Combined Maritime Forces counter-piracy operations in the Middle East at a handover ceremony. Denmark handover to Pakistan at […]

  • N Korea tests more missiles

    North Korea has test-fired two more missiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean defence ministry officials say, amid ongoing South Korea-US military exercises. N Korea tests more […]

  • Maritime Insecurity

    Call for participants – ‘Fostering Sustainable Development: examining the challenges posed by maritime insecurity’ will take place at Coventry University on Wednesday 12th March. ‘Sustainable Development and Maritime Insecurity: concepts, […]

  • N Korea tests missiles

    North Korea has fired 4 missiles into the sea in a move widely seen as a response to South Korea’s military exercises with the US. N Korea tests missiles amid […]

  • Eleven held over ‘human smuggling’

    Eleven people are in custody in the Netherlands as part of a “human smuggling” investigation after two people reportedly jumped from a North Sea ferry. Stena ferry ‘jump’: Eleven held […]