Industry Sector

  • Maritime Surveillance

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    According to a report by the United Kingdom’s Parliament Defence Committee, over the next few years Britain will lack the required capability to patrol and monitor the open seas. UK lacks maritime […]

  • Safety Policy

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    The Cruise Lines International Association and the European Cruise Council have announced that the cruise industry has adopted an additional safety policy. The policy follows the Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review. Cruise […]

  • IMO Revise ECDIS Course

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    The IMO’s Electronic Chart Display and Information System Model Course (1.27) has been revised to ensure that navigators understand ECDIS in the context of navigation and can demonstrate all competencies […]

  • “Accident Zero”

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    IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has praised the safety record of the Turkish Straits VTS and encouraged IALA and VTS operators to undertake an initiative in which ports, harbours, straits and […]

  • A Rare Look

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    In an unexpected swing to his official visit to China, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has had the opportunity to visit a Chinese naval base where he was given a tour […]

  • Counter-Piracy Exercise

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    Guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill and other U.S. Navy assets participated in a counter-piracy exercise with elements of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) PLA(N) near the Horn of […]

  • How Many is Enough?

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    Most analysts agree that China will pursue in the the construction of aircraft carriers, but the opacity of Chinese defense planning does not reveal how many ships Beijing intends to operate.  In […]

  • Killing of Fishermen

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    …From 500 meters away, gunshots erupted from the tanker toward Quanas’s skiff and its unarmed fishermen. Two rounds pierced the water on the motorboat’s starboard side, and a third slammed into […]

  • MV Maersk Alabama

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    MV Maersk Alabama has fallen prey to Somali pirates almost five times over the past two years. On four occasions, buccaneers were prevented from taking the vessel and its crew […]

  • Business Booms

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    For now, at least, the maritime security firms and their armed guards appear to be winning the war on piracy — and earning millions. Pirate Attacks Down as Private Maritime […]

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