Tag: maritime news
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Royal Navy survey ship departs
HMS Enterprise has sailed from Falmouth in Cornwall to the Middle East for nine months on operations. The survey ship will be protecting the nation’s interests and contributing to the […]
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Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreaker
Russia’s plans to build the world’s biggest nuclear-powered icebreaker could attract more trade to the country, says a leading UK analyst. The new ship is meant to be more efficient […]
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Spike in Piracy
The ICC International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB-PRC) has recorded a spike in activity off the coast of West Africa. Increase in piracy off West Africa The ICC International […]
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Preventing Piracy
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has put recently acquired naval patrol vessels and vessel tracking devices at the disposal of all countries to prevent cases of piracy in the […]
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Piracy Dip Could Reverse
Despite a 54 per cent decrease in global piracy recorded in the first six months of 2012, the three counter-piracy naval task forces patrolling Somalian waters are also urging the […]
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Nigeria navy retakes control of hijacked oil tanker
Nigeria’s navy on Wednesday retook control of a Singapore-owned tanker carrying a fuel cargo that had been hijacked near Lagos, and its crew of 23 Indian nationals was unharmed, the […]
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Private Security Monitor
In recent weeks, Maritime Security Review has heard from a number of our readers who are confused about what legislation they have to comply with, what licences they need and […]
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Spanish Vessel to Join EUNAVFOR
As of 1st September 2012 the EU’s counter piracy task force (EUNAVFOR) will be augmented by the addition of the offshore patrol vessel RELAMPAGO of the Spanish Navy. The RELAMPAGO, […]
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Somali pirates claim to kill hostage
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali pirates who have been holding a hijacked ship for nearly two years killed a Syrian hostage crew member and wounded another to protest a delayed ransom […]
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EUNAVFOR repairs merchant dhow
GULF OF ADEN, August the 28th – German EU Naval Force Frigate Sachsen came to the aid this morning of AL SACIID, a cargo dhow adrift due to a problem […]
