Industry Sector

  • MSR Rolling Total

    MSR has reported its latest 2011 Rolling Total, of Reported Maritime Security Incidents. The figures up to the end of May are as follows: •         319  total number of incidents […]

  • Guards Freed

    Four British men detained in Eritrea for more than five months with no consular access have been released, the UK Foreign Office has said. The two ex-Marine guards and two […]

  • Release Rumour

    Local observers have reported that the a “relatively small ransom” has finally been delivered for the release of “MV Suez”. It is understood that the pirates holding the vessel have […]

  • Pay Day

    The tanker “MT Zirku” has been released after the payment of a ransom. Pirates claimed a record amount ($12 Million) was been paid to free the vessel which has 29 crew […]

  • Indian Plea

    Somalian Ambassador to India Ebyan Mahamed Salah has urged pirates to release the remaining seven Indian crew members of “MV Asphalt Venture” being held hostage for the past few months […]

  • Set Free

    Somali pirates have freed a Chinese-owned cargo vessel they had held for nearly seven months. Owned and managed by Ningbo Hongyuan Ship Management Ltd, the Panama-flagged cargo carrier “Yuan Xiang” […]

  • Security Gift

    The French government has donated a patrol ship to Kenya Navy to assist in the war on terrorism, piracy and drug trafficking in the Indian Ocean. French ambassador Etienne de […]

  • NATO Home

    UK Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox has secured the future of Northwood; a key NATO command headquarters. The headquarters is a major maritime control centre tasked with directing a range […]

  • Guilty Plea

    A Yemeni man plans to plead guilty to piracy next week for his role in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left four Americans dead, […]

  • High Profile

    A high level counter-piracy meeting is set to take place in Rome this week. South Korea will join the host Italy along with other nations including the United States, Britain, […]