Tag: maritime news

  • Impact of Global Warming

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    According to Mahlon Kennicutt II, a professor and researcher of oceanography at the Texas A&M University, changing global climate due to current and forecast warming could severely impact U.S. naval […]

  • Troop Movements

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    The Dutch parliament has agreed to deploy Dutch troops on board a number of Dutch flagged vessel in order to protect them against piracy in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of […]

  • Guideline Call

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    The Liberian ship registry is urging the IMO to take the lead on establishing international guidelines on the deployment of armed guards on board ships. Scott Bergeron head of LISCR […]

  • Funding The Fight

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    The UK Foreign Secretary has announced £6 million funding to improve maritime surveillance of pirates in the Indian Ocean and to increase prison capacity in Somalia and across the Indian […]

  • Iconic Status

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    At this year’s CMA 2011 event in Stamford BIMCO President Robert Lorenz-Meyer told delegates that the shipping industry needed an icon to highlight the plight of the piracy problem. In […]

  • Asian Anger

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    Representatives of Asian shipowners’ associations have expressed outrage over a lack of government action against an increasing number of attacks on their ships and the brutality shown by Somali pirates. […]

  • Diplomats v Pirates

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    The Philippines is the latest country to join intensified diplomatic efforts in the United Arab Emirates to support the international fight against maritime piracy. Upon the initiative of the Indian […]

  • Negotiating Concerns

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    Sources close to the elders of the gang holding the Danish hostages from the sailing yacht “SY ING” have reported that the present negotiations between a Danish delegation in Bosasso […]

  • Making Contact

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    The United States has joined with partners from 60 countries and international organizations at the United Nations in New York, for a plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy […]

  • Israel to Help Kenya

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    Following the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria’s statement that his Government is prepared to assist Nigeria in combating terrorism (see MEND Threatens Ports), Tel Aviv has made a similar pledge to […]

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