Industry Sector
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Gloves Off
NATO’s Ocean Shield command in Northwood, U.K. has confirmed that the Alliance’s anti-piracy operation is going tough on the pirates. Instead of patrolling the sea lanes and waiting attacks and […]
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Ransom Paid
Somali pirates promised on Monday that they would release all Indonesian hostages onboard “Sinar Kudus”. The pirates have reportedly received a 3 million U.S. dollar ransom, a pirate said in a phone […]
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Exploration Concerns
Tanzania has ordered its army to escort ships searching for oil and gas off its coast to protect them from Somali pirates. The East African country has licensed at least […]
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Make Some Noise
BIMCO President Robert Lorenz-Meyer has called for a highly audible protest from the shipping industry against piracy. He has called for a 30-second blast from ships’ horns every day at noon, […]
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Ransom Renegades
Somali pirates who took a multi-million dollar ransom for hijacked Indian freighter “MT Asphalt Venture”, have refused to release seven of the 15 Indian crew members held as hostages. This […]
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Remembering the Titanic
The Northwest Atlantic is a unique maritime environment where the threat of icebergs, fog, severe storms and busy shipping lanes are a constant threat to mariners. It was 99 years […]
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Assessing Bulwark
In this video from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Lee Willett, the Head of RUSI’s Maritime Studies Programme, assesses the capabilities of HMS Bulwark and its potential to be deployed in […]
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Sink Pirate Vessels
According to a recent article, the UK Government has been told that ‘even if it means hostages are killed’ pirate vessels must be sunk. In a recent Yachting Monthly article […]
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New EU NAVFOR Command
On 14 April, in a ceremony held at the Commercial Port of Djibouti, Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia took over the command of Task Force 465 (TF 465) as the new European […]
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MV Beluga Nomination Released
The general cargo ship MV BELUGA NOMINATION was released from pirate control on 13 April 2011 after being held for 81 days. The German owned vessel, which is Antigua & […]
