Tag: Maritime Security

  • Patterns Behind Pirate Attacks

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    Somali pirates now operate across 2.5m square nautical miles of ocean – equivalent to the size of the continental US – and there may be evidence that they employing patterns of […]

  • Lost in Translation?

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    As pirate attacks on commercial vessels continue to rise, the number of successful hijacks continues to fall, in no small part due to the effectiveness of private maritime security companies. […]

  • Another pirate group defeated by EUNAVFOR

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    On the morning of 7 April, French Navy frigate ACONIT was heading towards a position in the north of the Horn of Africa to join with Spanish frigate INFANTA ELENA, […]

  • West African Risk

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    Maritime insecurity in West Africa is fast becoming a major area of concern, particularly given the increase in piracy and armed attacks upon shipping and trade. Altogether 19 incidents of […]

  • Armed Security

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    Dramatic footage of a pirate attack against an unknown merchant vessel. We have no idea what the circumstances were or from which ship this video was taken but it clearly […]

  • Marine Security Helicopters

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    Airborne tests of a United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded sensor will start this summer. Mounted on unmanned aircraft (UAVs), the sensor will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other […]

  • French Navy Falcon 50M relieved by maritime patrol aircraft Atlantique 2

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    Deployed since 15 March to take part in the fight against piracy, a Falcon 50M from the French Navy has left the operation and been relieved by a maritime patrol […]

  • ECCAS and ECOWAS sign maritime security agreement

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    Nations from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed an agreement regarding the improvement of maritime security during their […]

  • Paying Ransoms

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    The case of Judith Tebbutt, the hostage recently released from the clutches of Somalian pirates, has cast doubt on Britain’s ransom policy, but paying hostage-takers ignores the deeper roots of […]

  • Chinese OPVs for Nigeria

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    Nigeria’s 2012 Defence Budget Proposal allocates N6.78 billion/US$42 million for the two offshore patrol vessels. The first will be built in China while about 50% of the second ship will […]

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