Industry Sector
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Higher Standards of Private Security
The International Standards Organisation will present a draft proposal for the selection and use of Armed Guards to the IMO this week. While the security industry prepares for yet another […]
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US Coastguard Dies
Following his boat being rammed by suspected smugglers, US Coastguards Terrell Horne suffered a serious head injury after being thrown into the water and was later pronounced dead. US coastguard […]
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Why size matters: Piracy and PCASP teams
Over the course of the last two to three years the use of privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) in the High Risk Area in the Northwest Indian Ocean has […]
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Armed Guards Accountability
The sister of the Indian fisherman shot dead in February by Italian marines tells of her loss. If the criminal case goes ahead in the port city of Kochi, it […]
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London International Shipping Week
Supplementary events are planned and sponsorship is offered within a week of the event being announced. Taking place between September 9-13, 2013, the event will offer key networking opportunities as […]
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Somali Pirates Sentenced
MSR’s correspondent in Italy Enzo Mangini reports on the sentencing of the 8 Somalis accused of the attempted hijack of the Italian merchant vessel Montecristo. Somali Pirates Sentenced to 16 […]
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Greater Cooperation
Naval forces of Pakistan extend offer for greater cooperation with Seychelles. Captain Tarique Hussain and other senior officers of the Pakistani Navy ships PNS NASR and PNS TIPPU SULTAN met […]
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Burmese sailors set adrift in lifeboat
Marine rescuers in southern Vietnam on Thursday rescued five Burmese and four Indonesian sailors who had been attacked four days earlier by Indonesian pirates and left to drift at sea […]
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Gas tanker attempts first winter Arctic crossing
A large tanker carrying liquified natural gas (LNG) is set to become the first ship of its type to sail across the Arctic. The carrier, Ob River, left Norway in […]
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Gas Leak on Platform
Workers taken off North Cormorant platform after gas leak. An investigation is under way after more than 90 workers were evacuated from a North Sea oil platform following a gas […]
