Tag: Maritime Security

  • The Gulf of Guinea: The New Danger Zone

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    Rising piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which supplies around 40 per cent of Europe’s oil and 29 per cent of the U.S.’s, demands effective regional security cooperation and better […]

  • Don’t Pay the Pirates

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    A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force has recommended that shipping companies hurry to adopt measures to ensure that ransom payments aren’t made to pirate groups. Piracy group: Make sure Somali […]

  • Defining piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

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    This article examines how piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is different from that off Somalia, and how this effects how it should be tackled. WEST AFRICA: Defining piracy in […]

  • NIMASA, Joint Task Force Take Battle to Sea Bandits

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    The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in collaboration with the Joint Task Force (JTF) have been on the offensive to curtail the activities of sea pirates and other […]

  • Cape Verde Licence PMSCs

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    SeaMarshals Gains First Licence As Cape Verde Leads Fight Against West African Piracy. In a move designed to thwart the escalating piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, the Government of […]

  • Jurisdiction Under Debate

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    The High Court in New Delhi will meet today to discuss the case of the two Italian Marines accused of the unlawful killing of two Indian fishermen while protecting an […]

  • U.S. Marine Corps Update

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    The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, gives his thoughts in a wide ranging interview. As the process of rebalancing its forces to the Asia-Pacific […]

  • Turkey and Pakistan’s Cooperation

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    Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) and Turkish Coast Guard on Tuesday discussed matters related with joint training, maritime security in Indian Ocean and concept of collaborative security against piracy.

  • What Next for Maritime Security?

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    This month witnessed the first transit of a Russian LNG vessel via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) from Norway to Japan. This kind of vessel, capable of a capacity of […]

  • Time to bring Fiji in from the cold

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    LAST month a new regional organisation was born. It arrived with little fanfare, but it may very well reshape the architecture of co-operation in the South Pacific. In early November […]

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