Tag: Maritime Security

  • Norway To Respond

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    The Norwegian government is reconsidering a ban against weapons on board ships in its international registry. Several Norwegian shipowners with vessels registered outside of Norway already have taken up arms […]

  • USS Rescue

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    Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) has come to the rescue of a hijacked tanker and its 24 crew. At approximately 3 p.m. (Bahrain), Mar. 5, oil […]

  • Strategic Review

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    A report by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies claims that technology and science can help solve the problems facing Africa’s maritime coastal areas. According to the report, the continent’s […]

  • New association for maritime security industry formed

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    Maritime security consultant Peter Cook recently announced the formation of the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI); SAMI will help establish rules and regulations in the fledgling maritime security […]

  • Securing The GoG

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    The head of the European Union mission in Congo, Marcel Van Opstal, has reasserted that the EU will assist countries in the Gulf of Guinea to secure their maritime waters. Speaking in Brazzaville at […]

  • Food Turned Back

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    The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for safe humanitarian access to Libya after a ship carrying food aid was forced to turn back on Thursday amidst security concerns. “This […]

  • Attack Repelled

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    A local Mission to Seafarers representative has reported that a Crude oil tanker was attacked in Indian Ocean 02 March, 200-300 hundred miles east of Socotra. Pirates opened fire on […]

  • Armed Successes

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    News has been breaking of the use of armed guards in two recent attacks. An armed team reportedly stopped an attack on a Danish-owned vessel after exchanging fire with suspected pirates. Apparently […]

  • Turks Foil Attack

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    A Turkish frigate repulsed an attack by pirates on a Turkish-flagged freighter east of Oman, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Monday. The M/V Kiran Asya, travelling […]

  • US Unions Speak

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    Responding to a request for comments on the U.S. Coast Guard’s policy regarding rules for the use of force for self-defense of U.S.-flagged vessels, six U.S. seagoing unions – including […]

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