Tag: Piracy

  • Recovering from Piracy

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    The Indian Ocean islands’ economy depends on tuna exports and tourism, both badly hurt after pirate attacks sent foreign fishing boats out of its waters in 2010. Seychelles’ fishing industry […]

  • 2nd Annual Combating Piracy: West African Maritime Security

    Will Your Security Strategy Protect Your Offshore Assets from the Constantly Evolving Maritime Threat in the Gulf of Guinea? Minimising the impact of piracy on West Africa’s oil exports is […]

  • Stark Warning

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    Al Wilson, the Commander of HMS Sutherland, has issued a stark warning to pirates operating in the Middle East that piracy would not be tolerated by his ship, crew or other maritime forces […]

  • Piracy Retrospect

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     NATO Piracy Retrospect of Past Week During reporting period 28, June to 4, July 2012 one piracy attack disrupted in the Red Sea, in monsoon pirates operate closer inshore On […]

  • The Human Cost of Somali Piracy

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     NATO Channel Series “Piracy” Episode 1: “The Human Cost” focuses on a report released on 22nd June by the International Maritime Bureau and “Oceans Beyond Piracy” called “The Human Cost […]

  • Attack on Oil Tanker

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    Piracy off Nigeria’s oil-rich delta has escalated from low-level armed robberies to hijackings and cargo thefts, in the latest incident pirates have attacked an unidentified oil tanker.  Pirates attack oil […]

  • Challenging Sea Power

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    The anti-maritime crimes arm of the International Chambers of Commerce in its 2011 piracy report documented that there were 439 reported incidents of piracy worldwide, slightly better than 2010 during […]

  • New Ops Centre

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    On Wednesday 23 June His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, attended the opening of the new Djiboutian Naval Operations Centre. EU Naval Force Welcomes Opening […]

  • Weekly Piracy Update from NATO

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    During the reporting period 14 to 20 June, 2012,  there have been two pirate attacks in the High Risk Area (HRA) The increase of attacks within the past week is […]

  • Worsening Violence

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    According to a report by the US-based One Earth Future foundation and International Maritime Bureau, Somali pirates were responsible for at least 35 hostage deaths in 2011. While solid data on previous years […]

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