Industry Sector

  • Southeast Asia still worst for pirates

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    Despite several high profile incidents off the Horn of Africa, the lawless brigands heading in and out of the Suez Canal are not the worst offenders on the high seas. […]

  • Africom Promotes Maritime Security

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    Capacity-building efforts currently being advanced by U.S. Africa Command are helping African nations confront maritime crime, including piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Africa Command Helps Partners Promote Maritime Security […]

  • Greenpeace man fears losing years

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    A British journalist detained in Russia after a Greenpeace protest has said he fears “losing years of his life” being kept away from his family and friends. Greenpeace man fears […]

  • Search still on for sailors

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    Nigerian military officials were hunting on Friday for two Americans kidnapped at sea off Africa’s west coast, a fertile ground for pirates in recent years. Kidnapped Americans’ ship found but […]

  • Migrants rescued as EU leaders meet

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    Italian authorities have intercepted some 800 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean as EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss the problem. Migrants rescued near Lampedusa as EU leaders meet […]

  • Chief of naval personnel visits NECC

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    The chief of naval personnel visited Navy Expeditionary Combat Command to tour its facilities and familiarize himself with the Navy’s expeditionary forces and their capabilities. Chief of naval personnel visits […]

  • Nigeria pirate attack: US sailors seized

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    Pirates have seized two US sailors from an oil supply ship off the coast of Nigeria, officials say. The captain and chief engineer of the US-flagged C-Retriever were taken on Wednesday […]

  • ‘signalled but failed to turn’

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    The skipper of a racing yacht that collided with an oil tanker said it happened because the ship signalled to turn but never did. Cowes Week yacht collision tanker ‘signalled […]

  • Protecting Hydrocarbon Wealth

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    The Ghanaian Navy says it is setting up special boat units to deal with maritime security challenges like piracy in order to secure the country’s new-found offshore oil and gas […]

  • Traffickers Hack Shipping Containers

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    The scheme sounds like a work of near science fiction. But police in the Netherlands and Belgium insist its true, and say they have the evidence to prove it. To Move […]

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