Industry Sector
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Gun Scare
South African authorities are increasingly concerned about weapons left on board merchant ships while in the country’s ports. Owners or managers must apply to the South African Police Service (SAPS) […]
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Tooled Up
An American observer has provided a handy guide to the best weaponry to end piracy by ending the pirates. So if there were no restrictions and you were putting together […]
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Royal Decree
The annual Seatrade awards, presented at a dinner at the Guildhall in London on the evening of 4 April, recognised actions to counter the piracy threat as well as the […]
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Air Support
After months of fending off criticism over its contribution to international anti-piracy efforts, Norway’s Defence Ministry has decided to send surveillance aircraft to Somalia, to aid NATO’s anti-piracy operation. Norwegian […]
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Island Ambush
An unnamed merchant ship is reported to have escaped from an attack by pirates in two skiffs at position 05 35S and 040 20E. The position places the attack near the […]
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Surge Expected
With the increased use of motherships Somali pirates are no longer as weather reliant as they once were. However the commander of NATO’s counter-piracy task force has warned more pirates are expected […]
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Joined Up Action
The East African Community (EAC) secretariat has called upon member states of the trading bloc to jointly deal with Somali pirates whose attacks on commercial ships are stunting the region’s […]
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Tromp Triumph
Two Somali pirates have been shot dead and 16 arrested in Dutch military action to rescue an Iranian fishing ship, the defence ministry said on Sunday. The action was carried […]
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Special Force
United Arab Emirates special forces stormed a cargo ship hijacked in the Arabian Sea, freeing the crew and detaining the pirates on Saturday. The bulk carrier “MV Arrilah-1” came under […]
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Pirates Transferred to Seychelles
11 suspected pirates detained by the EUNAVFOR Spanish warship, ESPS CANARIAS on 28 March 2011 were today transferred to Seychellois legal authorities for possible prosecution. The suspected pirates were detained by […]
