Maritime Crime

  • No ransom demand for missing tanker

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    Highly unlikely vessel taken for ransom, however. No ransom demand for missing tanker and its crew so far, says minister By: Nawar Firdaws Five days have past and there is still […]

  • UK to continue Med migrant rescues

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    HMS Bulwark due to end task in July. UK to continue Med migrant rescues despite planned HMS Bulwark exit The Royal Navy flagship, which has saved more than 2,900 migrants, […]

  • Pirates raid Nigeria Police armoury

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    Gun boats and weapons stolen from police. Pirates raid Nigeria Police armoury, seize weapons Edem Darlington Armed pirates attacked the Nigerian Marine Police Armoury in Calabar, Cross River State, early […]

  • Shipping routes change in IOR

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    Military fears complacency setting in. Changes in shipping routes and speed as piracy declines in the Western Indian Ocean With the decline of piracy incidents in the Western Indian Ocean, […]

  • Pirates’ logistical challenge

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    Hijackers may have thought cargo was oil rather than petrol. Orkim Harmony: MMEA Says Bunker Pirates Likely “Still Looking for the Logistics to Transfer the Oil to Their Client” A […]

  • PMSC wins right to protect French ships

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    Prorisk International given green light to protect French merchant ships. PMSC wins right to protect French ships During the commission of the 12th of June 2015 presided by the SGMER, […]

  • EUCAP Nestor training prosecutors

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    Even co-hosted by Djibouti. EUCAP Nestor training prosecutors From June 14 to 15th, EUCAP Nestor organized the Fourth Regional Conference for Prosecutors dealing with Piracy and other Maritime Crime. The […]

  • French Gov’t supports fight against maritime crime

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    Maritime crime information sharing project. French Gov’t supports fight against maritime crime The French government in collaboration with the United States of America government has set up a project dubbed […]

  • MSDF continue vessel escorts

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    Over 613 convoys since 2009. Japan escorts 15 commercial ships off Somalia in May Hisane Masaki Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) vessels escorted 15 commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden […]

  • CMF in huge heroin haul

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    Numerous boardings lead to huge drug seizures. Combined Task Force 150 seizes 981kg of Heroin off East Coast of Africa with a street value of over USD625m After several weeks […]

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