Tag: maritime news

  • Industry Held Hostage

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    Somalia will continue to hold the global maritime industry hostage unless the international community helps this once prosperous African nation, said state leaders who convened in Dubai for the 2nd […]

  • Effective Seakeeping

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      Trinidad’s decision to acquire an OPV goes down a storm   Defence IQ recently caught up with Commodore (Rtd.) Anthony Franklin, former Chief of Defence of Trinidad & Tobago, […]

  • Anti-Piracy and Humanitarian Operations

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    “Anti-Piracy and Humanitarian Operations” is the result from the first of a series of four workshops under the title International Order at Sea.  International Order at Sea Workshop Series 1/2012 […]

  • Tighter Inspections

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    According to the Irish Marine Survey Office, cruise ships calling at Irish ports will be subject to “tighter” inspections as a result of the Costa Concordia sinking off Italy last January. […]

  • Port Sale

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    According to Somalilandsun sources in Dubai, the operational management of Berbera port in Somaliland has been taken over by the Dubai Ports world-DPW after a secret meeting between the Emirati […]

  • St. Anthony – Enrica Lexie Case

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    The Enrica Lexie is Italian flagged thus, in accordance with the U.N. Convention of Law of Seas (UNCLOS), Italy should try the two marines. However, India’s position is that under […]

  • The Human Cost of Somali Piracy

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     NATO Channel Series “Piracy” Episode 1: “The Human Cost” focuses on a report released on 22nd June by the International Maritime Bureau and “Oceans Beyond Piracy” called “The Human Cost […]

  • Deadly Exchange

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    Navy personnel exchanged fire with three pirates in the Straits of Malacca, leaving one pirate dead and the remaining two injured. Pirate killed in shoot-out with Navy Navy personnel exchanged […]

  • Attack on Oil Tanker

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    Piracy off Nigeria’s oil-rich delta has escalated from low-level armed robberies to hijackings and cargo thefts, in the latest incident pirates have attacked an unidentified oil tanker.  Pirates attack oil […]

  • Stowaways

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    Containers from a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday were unloaded in a rush after a Coast Guard inspection team heard knocking that […]

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