Industry Sector

  • Death Penalty Challenged

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    Three Somali pirates face a host of death-penalty eligible charges related to the 2011 murder of four Americans aboard the hijacked yacht Quest. Death penalty challenged in Somali pirate case Attorneys […]

  • Diplomatic Pirate

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    According to a leaked UN report on Somalia, Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed admitted to UN investigators that he had given “one of the most notorious and influential leaders […]

  • Forgotten Threat

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    To many the term ‘naval mine’ conjures up memories of grainy World War II photographs. To some degree they become a forgotten threat; but not to those serving on ships in the […]

  • Caribbean Maritime Security

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    Six countries have participated in a live-fire exercise in the Caribbean Sea during an annual multinational exercise that involves naval forces from 13 partner nations. Multinational Live-fire Exercise in Caribbean Tests […]

  • Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea

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    In the fourth of the MSR Viewpoint series, Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea, Alain Schembri of Gemini Maritime presents his views on the current situation in the Gulf […]

  • Commander Bill King Laid to Rest

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    Galway said goodbye this week to Commander Bill King of Oranmore Castle, who passed away last Friday at the age of 102. Oldest surviving submarine commander passes away By Marie […]

  • Large Grey Bluff?

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    China has put its first aircraft carrier into service, a move intended to signal its growing military might as tensions escalate between Beijing and its neighbors over disputed East China […]

  • Goodbye Terrorism, Hello Territorial Dispute

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    Officials in the Philippines have stated that marines have been assigned the duty of helping reinforce the country’s claims in disputed South China Sea territories. Filipino marines shift from terror […]

  • Burmese Seafarers’ Future

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    As Myanmar increasingly opens up to the outside world an inevitable increase in living standards and by extension wages has some shipmanagers on edge. What future for Burmese seafarers? As […]

  • STCW Compliance

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    STCW aims to achieve a reduction to the 80% of accidents attributable to human error. Proper training and evaluation can make a real difference and Videotel‘s newly launched STCW training […]

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