Tag: maritime news

  • Rolling On

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    According to the latest updated 2011 Reported Maritime Security Incidents – The MSR Rolling Total currently stands at: •         563  total number of incidents as at 31 Oct11 •         382 […]

  • Nigeria Attack

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    Media reports state that pirates have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta and kidnapped the foreign crew. The sources have revealed the attack happened […]

  • Speculation Mounts

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    There continues to be confusion over the unarmed security guard rumoured to have been onboard the “MT Liquid Velvet” when pirates hijacked the chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden. […]

  • Safe Release

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    Somali pirates have released 25 of the crew members of Algerian bulk carrier “MV Blida”, hijacked on the high seas in January. Algerian Foreign Affairs ministry’s spokesperson Amar Belani said […]

  • Negotiations Begin

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    The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said negotiations are being carried out by the principal of “MT Liquid Velvet” with the pirates who hijacked the chemical tanker in the […]

  • Decision Time

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    The Gibraltar Maritime Administration is analysing whether Gibraltar will follow Britain’s decision to allow armed guards on merchant ships sailing through piracy hotspots. Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday […]

  • Hijacked Tanker

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    Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a crew of 22 people on board including an unarmed guard, a regional maritime expert said […]

  • Follow The Leader

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    InterManager is, after months of campaigning, delighted to hear the public vilification of piracy issued by the UK Government. Alastair Evitt, President of InterManager, said that it was a quantum […]

  • Terrible Toll

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    One of the four Ghanaians from the “MV Iceberg 1” being held by Somali pirates has told his relatives in Ghana that they are being taken off the ship to […]

  • Prosecution Problems

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    Industry experts have voiced concerns that only a small fraction of the pirates operating in seas around the world are successfully prosecuted. Following arrest it seems that only around 1.4 percent […]

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