Tag: maritime news

  • A New Era in Maritime Security?

    22 – 23 October 2012 Chatham House In a world of shifting powers and newly emboldened non-state actors, this conference will assess current economic, security and political risks to international […]

  • China Needs Unified Coast Guard

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    The Diaoyu Islands dispute between China and Japan has been grabbing the headlines. But beyond the top news, some neighboring countries have encroached on China’s islands and reefs, harassed and […]

  • IMO threatens to blacklist Sokhna Port

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    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) threatened Tuesday to put Sokhna Port on its blacklist of unreliable ports as striking workers closed the port for the sixth consecutive day. “We now […]

  • Israel Asks UN to Stop Gaza Bound Ship

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    On Tuesday, Israel’s UN ambassador asked the world body to try to convince a Swedish ship carrying rights’ activists not to try to break the Jewish state’s barricade of the […]

  • Task Force 152 Gulf Exercise

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    Vessels of multiple nations recently joined forces to complete a two day maritime security training exercise in the Gulf. Exercise Falcon Warrior 12-05 was the first of many such events […]

  • Kidnapped Off Nigeria

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    LAGOS — Kidnappers have boarded a ship off Nigeria and abducted seven crew members, including six Russians and one Estonian, in the latest such incident in the region, French company […]

  • Software Key to Security?

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    An Aberdeen company has launched a new software product designed to help protect ships from piracy. Last year, piracy was estimated to cost £4.46bn in increased security measures and ransom […]

  • Piracy drops by 54% in Gulf of Aden

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    Ahead of the upcoming Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition and conference, the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre confirms that pirate attacks off the Somali coast have declined by […]

  • Synergy

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    Navy chief stresses on synergy to combat maritime threats. New Delhi: Alluding to the growing maritime threats, including piracy, Indian Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi on Tuesday underlined the “constant […]

  • Drug War Unity

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    US Coast Guard wants Caribbean unity in drug war. In addressing maritime security, no one government has all the answers, said Michael Brown, representative of the United States Coast Guard. […]

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