Tag: pirate attack

  • Pirates switch focus to SE Asia

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    Maritime crime moves East. Chuck Chiang: Pirates switch focus to Southeast Asia BY CHUCK CHIANG, VANCOUVER SUN A report on international piracy is stirring debate about the seriousness of the […]

  • First Chinese base in Indian Ocean

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    China’s push into the West. Becoming a Maritime Power? – The First Chinese Base in the Indian Ocean Guest post for Chinese Military Strategy Week by Xunchao Zhang In May 2015, it […]

  • Arrests follow deadly pirate attack

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    Police recover stolen gunboats and heavy weapons in raid. Nigeria arrests six after deadly ‘pirate attack’ on army base Yenagoa (Nigeria) (AFP) – The Nigerian military on Sunday said it […]

  • New Rules Proposed for MSP

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    Proposed rules imake program less publicly accountable. New Rules Proposed for Maritime Security Program By Charlie Papavizas On August 5, 2015, the U.S. Maritime Administration proposed new rules for the U.S. […]

  • Indo Navy inducts missile craft

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    Jakarta adds three KCR-40-class anti-ship missile craft to its arsenal. Indonesia’s Navy Inducts Missile Craft into Western Fleet By Prashanth Parameswaran Indonesia’s navy (TNI-AL) inducted three anti-ship missile craft into its […]

  • Venezuela: 5 pirates killed

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    Incident occurred as Guardia Nacional hunted kidnapped fishermen. Venezuela: 5 pirates killed By Nalinee Seelal TWO Trinidadian fishermen, missing at sea since early July, are said to have been at […]

  • Fisherman shot dead

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    Several murders by “Iranian pirates” this year. Fisherman shot dead A fisherman hailing from Inaimputhanthurai in Kanyakumari district was shot dead by sea pirates of Iran in Bahrain sea on […]

  • 14th new vessel for Indian Coast Guard

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    Six more Fast Patrol Vessels due. Cochin Shipyard delivers fourteenth FPV to the Indian Coast Guard ahead of schedule CSL delivered the fourteenth of the series of twenty Fast Patrol […]

  • Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot?

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    Call for enhanced security in the Singapore Straits. Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot? Sam Bateman A recent piece by Elliot Brennan (Southeast Asia: Here be Pirates) misrepresents […]

  • MPHRP announces new head

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    In future, MPHRP’s humanitarian assistance will widen its scope. MPHRP announces new head under ISWAN Girija Shettar Tom Holmer, former head of the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s Seafarers’ Trust, has […]

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