Tag: maritime news

  • Running out of Patience

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    When you are provoked beyond all measure and there seems no immediate prospect of respite, you are entitled to protest as loudly as you are able. So if the man […]

  • Deathboats, not Lifeboats

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    It is hard to think of another piece of safety equipment that inspires in those it is meant to save as much mistrust and dread as the lifeboat. Such is […]

  • Facing Execution

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    More than 30 Pakistanis taken hostage by Somali pirates, face execution if their families fail to raise enough money to pay the ransom, the Foreign Office informed a Senate panel. […]

  • Tanker Escape

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    A Singaporean chemical tanker survived an Easter brush with pirates off Somalia. Shots were fired at the 33,374-dwt “MV Atlantia” on Easter Sunday as a gang looked to take control […]

  • Renuar Release

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    Twenty-four Filipino seafarers on board a hijacked cargo vessel have been released by Somali pirates, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has claimed. The Panama-flagged vessel “MV Renuar” and […]

  • War Zone

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    The Lloyd’s decision to categorise India’s west coast as a ‘war zone’ as part of a  Joint War Committee decision on “listed area” of its “Hull War, Strikes, Terrorism and […]

  • In Denial

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    Foreign navies have denied involvement in an incident that claimed the lives of six suspected pirates ashore near the Somali town of Hobyo. Locals claim an unidentified naval helicopter opened […]

  • Cash Pledge

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    South Korea has pledged US$500,000 to the international trust fund aimed at combating piracy off the coast of Somalia, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry. The contribution was announced at a […]

  • Seafarer Protest

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    Thousands of seafarers will take part in a protest marches in eight cities across India on Wednesday to condemn the hijackings and hostage taking by Somali pirates. The protests will be held […]

  • China’s Military Gets Expeditionary

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    In the fifth in our series on understanding Asia-Pacific sea power, we look at the PLA’s growing expeditionary capabilities and its greater implications. This is the fifth entry in our […]

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