Industry Sector
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Powerful Images
The iceberg that sank the Titanic. One a series of images published by the Boston Globe in an online photo gallery. Before putting the Titanic back to bed after weeks […]
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Shippers Arm Themselves
From the perspective of private industry, hiring armed guards has traditionally been viewed as a costly and risky move that creates more liabilities than it resolves. Furthermore the shipping industry […]
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ECDIS Training
The UK based firm Kelvin Hughes has supplied 25 MantaDigital™ ECDIS Training Systems with Chartco’s Passage Manager to the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA). Singapore Maritime Academy meets class-approved status with […]
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Crew Location Device
Voyage Manager and Omnisense have teamed up to develop what they call the world’s most advanced system for locating passengers and crew in real time, aimed at improving response times […]
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Marines to Battle Pirates
This month the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force began training at Camp Pendleton and Naval Base San Diego with Special Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, […]
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100 anni dal Titanic
In seguito all’incaglio della Costa Concordia,l’European Cruise Council (ECC), organismo europeo che rappresenta le maggiori società europee di crociere, insieme alla Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA),hanno avanzato una proposta di […]
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Port Recovery and Salvage Response
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled ‘Maritime Security: Coast Guard Efforts to Address Port Recovery and Salvage Response’, provides a description of the mechanisms that the US […]
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Innocent Somali Crew Rescued
On Saturday 14 April Spanish warship ESPS Reina Sofia, who is now operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, stopped a Yemeni dhow that was suspected of […]
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Cold War in the Arctic
The U.S. and other countries are building up their military presence in the Arctic to help exploit its riches – and protect shifting borders. As ice cap melts, militaries vie […]
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Investment Plea
During a maritime security conference in Cape Town, South Africa’s Navy chief, Vice-Admiral Johannes Mudimu, called on African countries to invest more in protecting their seas from piracy. Plea to […]
