Industry Sector
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Heading Home
The Finnish Navy’s flagship, the mine-laying vessel “Pohjanmaa”, has concluded her high profile participation in the EU-led Operation Atalanta off the Horn of Africa. The task of the Pohjanmaa in […]
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Pay Back
On May 1, pirates received a ransom for the release of the vessel “MV Sinar Kudus”, which had been held since March 16. After the ransom payment was made, (believed […]
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Tanker Taken
Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with 25 crew members aboard off the Kenyan coast over the weekend, according to officials. News reports state the captured Singapore-registered ship “MT Gemini”, […]
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India’s Once & Future Sea Power
James Holmes, an associate professor of strategy at the US Naval War College and co-author of ‘Red Star over the Pacific’, an Atlantic Monthly Best Book of 2010, has written […]
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India’s Growing Maritime Power
In the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars’ recent publication ‘India’s Contemporary Security Challenges‘, Arun Prakash, the Head of the National Maritime Foundation in New Delhi and a former Indian […]
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IMDEX Asia 2011
IMDEX Asia 2011, Anchoring Asia Pacific’s New Wave of Maritime Growth The return of Asia Pacific’s only dedicated Maritime defence show promises to be the biggest and the best 20 […]
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Saharan Express
When the Pentagon established a new regional combatant command known as Africa Command (AFRICOM) in February 2007 there was only one country, Liberia, prepared to host an AFRICOM regional Headquarters. […]
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MV Renuar Released
According to a EU Navfor press release issued yesterday, on the 23rd April the bulk carrier MV Renuar was released from pirate control after 133 days in captivity. The Liberian owned, […]
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Striking Back
Indian maritime unions and shipping organisations warned that piracy could prompt a withdrawal of labour from countries providing crews if nothing is done to tackle the problem. “There is a […]
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Taken Down
Samho Shipping has been brought to the brink of bankruptcy by Pirates and a combination of financial difficulties. Low freight rates, high bunker prices and the costs associated with two […]
