Tag: Piracy

  • African Union

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    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has embarked on a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania to inject a fresh impetus in India’s strategic ties with African countries and discuss ways […]

  • Blame Game

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    The ITF has criticised Flags of Convenience and their role in the fight against piracy. They claim that pirates count on poor shipboard conditions to raid and capture under-crewed, under-prepared […]

  • Land Attack

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    The international community needs to attack pirate leaders on land and not just their ships, a top Chinese general said on Wednesday. In the latest call for a bolder response […]

  • UN Speech

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    Somalia Prime Minister, Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo’s has made a speech at UN Security Council. He stressed that the root cause and breeding ground of both terrorism and piracy is lawlessness […]

  • Mothership Warning

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    The NATO Counter Piracy Operation, “Ocean Shield”  has issued an urgent warning concerning a notorious mothership, which has been supporting piracy operations. At 0912 UTC on 09 MAY a fishing […]

  • Results and Concerns

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    Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. has issued its first quarter 2011 report and piracy is cited as a key point. During the first quarter of 2011, 16 vessels in the […]

  • Twin Concerns

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    The twin issues of piracy and the control of armed guards on ships will be debated at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC89) meeting, starting in London […]

  • Striking Back

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    Indian maritime unions and shipping organisations warned that piracy could prompt a withdrawal of labour from countries providing crews if nothing is done to tackle the problem. “There is a […]

  • War Zone

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    The Lloyd’s decision to categorise India’s west coast as a ‘war zone’ as part of a  Joint War Committee decision on “listed area” of its “Hull War, Strikes, Terrorism and […]

  • Joint Patrols

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    India and Thailand have agreed to pursue high-level dialogue on defence cooperation to tackle the menace of piracy. In a joint statement the leaders noted that coordinated patrolling was already […]

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