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  • MariTrace suggests Suez BMP plan

    Recent incidents prompts warning. Increased threat to shipping in Suez Canal MariTrace is recommending an immediate increase in security precautions for vessels operating in and around the Suez Canal area. […]

  • Ghana takes piracy lead

    Private security working with law enforcement. Ghana Takes Lead in New Piracy Initiative By Wendy Laursen To understand the maritime security issues afflicting Ghana, it is instructive to first look at […]

  • Chinese Sub in Karachi

    Sub on ‘counter piracy’ patrols. China’s Yuan-Class Submarine Visits Karachi: An Assessment GURPREET SINGH KHURANA In May 2015, a Chinese Type 041 Yuan-class submarine (pennant number 335) entered the Indian […]

  • NATO speaker for QMARSEC

    Event to be held in October. Expert NATO Shipping Center Speaker Announced for QMARSEC 2015 An expert NATO speaker has been added to the distinguished panel of speakers at the […]

  • Securing the sealanes

    Ensuring energy security. Securing the sealanes of the super highway by Nicholas Rodgers Safe, secure and continuous supplies of energy are critical to modern society, providing the lifeblood to the […]

  • JTF arrests sea pirates in Bayelsa

    Pirates and pipeline vandals scooped up. JTF arrests sea pirates in Bayelsa The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said it has arrested five suspected […]

  • Tanzania tweaks piracy laws

    Prisons await upgrade from EU. Piracy laws set for amendment Government will amend judicial laws to enable the judiciary to deal with piracy related cases reported in the country’s Indian […]

  • India fears China base in Maldives

    People’s Daily quoted a military officer as saying that China did not own any military base abroad. China says India’s fears of military base in Maldives unfounded ATUL ANEJA China’s […]

  • On the trail of fuel oil pirates

    Latest ReCAAP report makes grim reading. On the trail of fuel oil pirates in Southeast Asia By Vincent Wee from Hong Kong The most recent ReCAAP ISC half yearly report has revealed the […]

  • No Nigerian piracy in June

    Figures from IMB only record incidents reported to them. Buhari effect: No piracy in Nigerian waters in June Pirates on Nigerian waters went to sleep in June, in the first […]