Tag: maritime news
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Drop in Somali Piracy
Over the last three months we have noticed a drop in Somali pirates’ attacks. So we should be thinking again about the nature of the Somali pirate threat and what […]
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Piracy will swell again if not policed
South Africa will send anti-piracy patrols to the waters off Mozambique and Tanzania this month, a senior navy official said on Thursday, while warning of a resurgence in attacks if […]
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S. America maritime security business up
Maritime security concerns are fueling a rise in the marketing and sales of equipment and services that feed into the growing procurement business with Central and South American navies and […]
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Dozens Missing
Officials in Dhaka have said that dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Bangladesh. Dozens missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh Dozens of people […]
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Philippines pushes sea row at summit
The Philippines on Monday pushed its call for an international solution to overlapping claims in the South China Sea at an Asia-Europe summit, saying vital global shipping lanes were at […]
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Seychelles strengthens maritime security
(Forimmediaterelease.net) Seychelles Minister Jean-Paul Adam has highlighted the need to strengthen regional maritime connectivity and has stressed the role that IOR-ARC can play in this regard at the 12th Ministerial […]
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Security Forces Kill 14 Kidnappers
Nigerian security forces stormed the hideout of the kidnappers of a Turkish national in oil-rich Rivers State and killed 14 of them in a shootout, police said Saturday. “The hoodlums […]
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Russia seeking to deploy reconnaissance aircraft to Djibouti
Russia is seeking to base two Ilyushin Il-38 maritime surveillance aircraft to Djibouti in support of its anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. A number of nations base anti-piracy […]
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Cyclone Nilam: Missing Sailors
Rescue operations are under way in India’s southern city of Chennai to find five sailors missing from an oil tanker that ran aground in a cyclone. Coast guard helicopters and […]
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Cutlass Express 2012 Kicks Off
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (NNS) — Sailors and civilian maritime professionals from eight nations officially kicked-off exercise Cutlass Express 2012-2 (CE12-2) during pre-sail conferences in Djibouti, Djibouti; Port Louis, Mauritius; […]
