Tag: Piracy
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Premium Pains
Insurance premiums due to piracy have doubled the costs of transporting goods past the Horn of Africa, maritime experts have reported. The cost increase could fuel another price hike on […]
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New Law
India is in an advanced stage of drafting a new law to deal with piracy. The bill seeks to define piracy, the people who can be termed as pirates, the […]
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Gaining Understanding
Researchers at a Canadian university are hoping to come up with a new approach to dealing with piracy by looking at the problem from a number of angles. The work […]
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Split Force
Fighting in Libya between rebels and national leader Muammar Qaddafi is diverting naval ships from anti-piracy patrols, according to the International Maritime Organization. “One has to be pragmatic and realistic […]
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No List
Following the rather surprising Lloyd’s List article a couple of weeks ago, the International Group of ‘P&I clubs has vehemently denied that it has drawn up a confidential lists of […]
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Armed Rules
Norway has issued clarification on a number of issues relating to the deployment of armed guards. The Norwegian regulations set out the type of weaponry that can deployed, how to […]
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Italian Target
According to news reports, pirates seized an Italian tanker with a crew of 23 in the Gulf of Guinea on Sunday. Three pirates managed to board the vessel, “Rbd Anema e […]
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A Problem Shared
US Secretary Hilary Clinton has issued a statement concerning US Military sales and sharing of defence technologies with India. The Secretary noted that maritime security was also “a major concern, […]
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Aid Issues
The UK Secretary of State of International Development, Andrew Mitchell, has been speaking of the benefits of overseas aid. When in Somalia, he claims to have seen first-hand how tackling […]
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Asian Boom
The lack of hiding and mooring space for large vessels still makes piracy in SE Asia a tough business but the recent moves from robbing crews to hijacking vessels is […]
