Industry Sector

  • Cyclone Nilam: Missing Sailors

    Rescue operations are under way in India’s southern city of Chennai to find five sailors missing from an oil tanker that ran aground in a cyclone. Coast guard helicopters and […]

  • Cutlass Express 2012 Kicks Off

    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (NNS) — Sailors and civilian maritime professionals from eight nations officially kicked-off exercise Cutlass Express 2012-2 (CE12-2) during pre-sail conferences in Djibouti, Djibouti; Port Louis, Mauritius; […]

  • Search Continues

    The search for the captain of a replica of  HMS Bounty that sunk 90 miles off North Carolina continues. The Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16-person crew and recovered a […]

  • Over 130 Refugees Drown

    Dozens of refugees have drowned after the overcrowded fishing boat they believed was carrying them to safety capsized and sank. Passengers were fleeing the growing violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims […]

  • Fighting Pirates

    Why Fighting Pirates Is Both Good and Bad for PSC. If you have been paying any attention at all this year to the piracy situation off Somalia you may remember […]

  • First females graduate

    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The first Riverine Combat Skills Course (RCS) class to include females graduated during a ceremony at Center for Security Forces Learning Site Camp Lejeune (CSFLSCL) Camp […]

  • Venus Unveiled

    Although far from pertinent to maritime security, the presentation of an astounding example of naval architecture is of interest to all. Besides, who knows what sophisticated security systems have been […]

  • Canada hi-tech radar for border security

    OTTAWA — As Canada and the U.S. increasingly co-operate to watch maritime borders, authorities are using hi-tech radar systems to track the baddies. Companies involved in all aspects of border […]

  • Navy Bond Strengthened

    NIMASA strengthens bond with navy to fight piracy, oil theft Worried by the increasing rate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) […]

  • Indian Fishermen Arrested

    KARACHI, Oct 30: The Maritime Security Agency has arrested 20 Indian fishermen and seized their 14 boats for fishing in Pakistani waters late Monday evening and handed over them to […]