Industry Sector

  • Contact Group on Piracy

    The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia was created on January 14, 2009 pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1851. Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast […]

  • AdvanFort will pay prisoners

    AdvanFort spokesman Dave Yonkman responds to relatives of the company’s employees who have been in prison in India for the last two months AdvanFort will pay prisoners AdvanFort spokesman Dave Yonkman […]

  • Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas

    For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day will be celebrated off the coast of Somalia  Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day […]

  • Nigeria: Navy hands over 1,646 suspected oil thieves

    As part of the campaign against the theft of the nation oil resources, the authorities of the Nigerian Navy have handed over 1,646 suspected oil thieves to the police Navy […]

  • EU To Lead International Counter-Piracy Efforts

    The European Union will assume the chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) for a year from the 1st of January 2014, it was […]

  • Naval chief links insiders to piracy

    Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Dele Ezeoba has blamed the activities of insiders for the incessant attacks on ships in Nigerian waters especially in the Niger Delta region. Naval […]

  • Pirates strike 6 tankers in SE Asia

    Seven pirate attacks were reported from various Southeast Asian ports in less than two weeks, with six of them coming from Indonesia close to the key Strait of Malacca shipping […]

  • South Korea OKs deployment extension

    The parliamentary defense committee on Monday approved a bill to extend South Korea’s troop deployment in Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan to conduct their missions by another year. […]

  • Spain P.M. praises anti-piracy op

    Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy praised efforts to fight piracy off Somalia during a visit Sunday to this country in the Horn of Africa. Spanish P.M. praises anti-piracy operation on […]

  • Indian Waters 3rd worst for pirates

    MUMBAI: Merchant navy captain Sunil James may have returned home after five-and-a-half-months in Togo but statistics from the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (London) show how waters around […]