Tag: Maritime Security
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On Trial
France has opened its first Somali piracy trial with six men appearing before a Paris court. The six are accused of taking a French couple hostage on their boat off […]
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The Horrors
The “horrors” of piracy have dominated the first year of Meridian Marine Management Managing Director Alastair Evitt’s first year in his role as President of InterManager. Summing up his first […]
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Standing Up
Britain will host an international conference next year on tackling instability in Somalia and protecting ships from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. “Somali […]
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Career Shifter
The three US Navy ships of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group deployed Monday from San Diego for a seven-month mission to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf region. Aboard […]
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Suez Rules
The ban on the carriage of Armed Guards, Weapons and Ammunition through the Suez Canal introduced in August 2011 has been amended. Vessels are now permitted to transit the Suez […]
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Home at Last
A total of 17 Algerian crew members of the Algerian-flagged bulk carrier “MV Blida” abducted by Somali pirates early this year reached the capital of Algiers Sunday. The sailors were […]
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Going Armed
An internal memo from Hillary Clinton has been leaked directing all regional embassies to pitch the use of armed contractors on board ships. This is in line with and expands […]
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Flagging Concerns
Shipping firms which place private armed security guards on ships passing areas where pirates operate risk criminal prosecution, Dutch justice minister Ivo Opstelten said last week. Jumbo Shipping from Rotterdam […]
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Hostage and Hijack
Turkish security forces have killed a hijacker who seized a ferry off the coast east of Istanbul on Friday. Anti-terrorist commandos stormed the vessel at dawn and shot the lone […]
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All Armed
The shipping company Clipper Group has armed guards on all of its cargo ships in the mission of fighting off pirates. This is possible because the ships are not sailing […]
