Tag: maritime news

  • Suspected pirates en-route to Spain

    Spanish Navy Takes Custody Of Suspected Somali Pirates. On 24 October 2012, 120 nautical miles southwest of Socotra, the EU Naval Force ship ESPS Castilla took custody of six suspected […]

  • Meeting Somalis

    EU Naval Force Meets Somali Fishing Representatives and Elders on ITS San Giusto On Monday, 29 October 2012, the Force Commander of the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta […]

  • Fighting Pirates

    Why Fighting Pirates Is Both Good and Bad for PSC. If you have been paying any attention at all this year to the piracy situation off Somalia you may remember […]

  • Canada hi-tech radar for border security

    OTTAWA — As Canada and the U.S. increasingly co-operate to watch maritime borders, authorities are using hi-tech radar systems to track the baddies. Companies involved in all aspects of border […]

  • Navy Bond Strengthened

    NIMASA strengthens bond with navy to fight piracy, oil theft Worried by the increasing rate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) […]

  • Indian Fishermen Arrested

    KARACHI, Oct 30: The Maritime Security Agency has arrested 20 Indian fishermen and seized their 14 boats for fishing in Pakistani waters late Monday evening and handed over them to […]

  • Third Death on Sagittarius

    An Australian investigator has discovered there has been another death on board the massive coal carrier Sage Sagittarius, the third in the past six weeks. In late August a crew […]

  • Hawaiian Ports Reopened

    HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The United States Coast Guard and state and county officials reopened all ports and harbors across the state on Sunday that had been previously closed due to […]

  • Maritime Security in the Philippines

    The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) 7 yesterday warned shipping companies that all passengers, including those with cars or riding on Ceres buses, of board RoRo vessels must undergo security check […]

  • Customs Swamped

    Customs is struggling to crew patrol planes and boats as it battles record numbers of asylum seeker arrivals. A surge in boats from Sri Lanka intercepted off the Cocos Islands […]