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  • Armed Guards Revisited

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    The recent announcement by the UK Government that weapons will be allowed on UK-flagged vessels is not perhaps as revolutionary as it might first appear. Former Royal Marine Stephen Askins […]

  • Refining Search and Rescue

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    IDGA’s Defense Insider speaks with Richard Button, Chief of the Coordination Division in the Office of Search and Rescue for the U.S. Coast Guard, and Secretary of the National SAR […]

  • Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

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    The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has published the Tenth Report of Session 2010–12: Piracy off the coast of Somalia Published on 5 January 2012 by authority of the House of […]

  • Spare a Thought

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    Titled “Iron Crows”, this 90 minute documentary examines the harsh conditions that workers in the Chittagong ship breaking yard in Bangladesh are subjected to. The average pay is US$2 a day and […]

  • IMPORTANT NEWS

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    MSR ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE Maritime Security Review (MSR) is the leading online source of maritime security news, information and intelligence and the first port of call for maritime […]

  • MSR IS 1,000 TWEETS OLD!

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    This important Twitter milestone is quite an occasion for MSR. Sign up to Twitter to follow Marsecreview (@marsecreview) http://twitter.com/marsecreview Maritime Security Review: the definitive global source for maritime security information. […]

  • Iran to the Rescue

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    The Iranian Navy Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Moussavi said that an Iranian bulk carrier has been rescued by the country’s Navy. Mousavi added, “due to vigilance of the […]

  • Let’s Axe Piracy

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    Singapore-based ship supplier, HMS Far East and specialist partners have launched a “Let’s Axe Piracy” campaign with a package including the Citadel HMS Anti-Piracy Kit, security equipment and armed guard […]

  • Tanker Taken

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    A tanker with 21 Indian sailors on board was hijacked on Saturday while at port in the Gulf state of Oman, India’s government shipping agency said. According to a Reuters […]

  • Gaining Understanding

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    Researchers at a Canadian university are hoping to come up with a new approach to dealing with piracy by looking at the problem from a number of angles. The work […]

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