Industry Sector
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Rogue Wave Capsizes Fishing Boat
12m rogue wave causes fishing boat to capsize. Captain, Rewai Karetai, who was hailed as a hero for saving three people earlier this year, is amongst the missing. New Zealand […]
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US to Deploy Additional Minesweepers
According to the Jerusalem Post, a US Senate committee was told by the US Navy’s top officer on Thursday that the United States is sending four minesweeping ships and four […]
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Bell Done?!
According to the Associated Press, despite ongoing salvage efforts and the search for seven missing people presumed dead, the bell from the Costa Concordia has disappeared. Capsized cruise ship’s bell disappears off […]
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Revolution in Navigation
Some have suggested that the introduction of ECDIS is as much of a change in navigational practices as was the change from sail to steam or, in engineering terms, the […]
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Piracy Podcast
The Global State of Piracy An IDGA posdcast hosted By Christopher Dauer. CAPT Robert B. Ford, Sr. Data Analyst, Maritime Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), talks to […]
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Somalia’s Future
Transcript now available – Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Chatham House, February 2012 This is a transcript of a speech made by HE Dr Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Prime Minister of Somalia, on […]
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A Boost to Anti-Piracy Efforts
Oman and South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Cape Town on Tuesday. It includes an agreement on technical co-operation, an agreement to share lessons around peace-keeping operations, and the sale […]
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Onboard with an armed security team
By Frank Gardner BBC security correspondent, on board the MT Sea Legend Nato navies operating off the coast of Somalia have warned of a recent increase in maritime piracy. I […]
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The Role of Seychelles in Counter-Piracy
Transcripts of the speeches made at the Chatham House event on 21 February 2012 are now available. The Hon Joel Morgan, Minister for Home Affairs, Environment, Transport and Energy, Republic […]
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Captain case to go to Crown Court
A ship’s captain charged with being under the influence of alcohol could face as two-year sentence as his case has been sent to Crown Court. Miroslaw Pozniak, 55, was at […]
