April 2013 After recently discovering vast stores of natural gas in the waters of Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone, the country will now face a huge challenge in securing any apparatus that is constructed to harvest the valuable natural resource. The discovery of such a valuable resource has complicated the security situation in the region immensely, but Israel […]
Regional Instability Fuels Maritime Growth in Lebanon
October 2012 Lebanon’s Public Works and Transport Minister recently spoke about his country’s maritime transport sector growth. At the fourth annual conference of the Shipping Brokers Association, Ghazi Aridi commented that the general turmoil in the region overall has actually helped Lebanon’s growth in this area. He noted that the situation in other countries is indeed regrettable, […]
The SafeMed II Project
November 2012 The “SafeMed Project on maritime safety and prevention of pollution from ships”, a regional project funded by the EU, is now in its second phase of operation, known as SafeMed II. The goal of the project is to develop cooperation and coordination in the areas of maritime safety and security in the Mediterranean ocean. The first phase of […]
NATO and North Africa: Piracy Prevention and Prediction Conference
September 2010 NATO is sponsoring a five-day conference in Tunisia as a summit for North African nations to discuss anti-piracy operations in the Mediterranean. The focus of the conference is on establishing an intelligence-sharing aparatus to help keep track of pirates. The conference, involving Nigeria, Morocco and Algeria, will also host 70 delegates from other NATO nations […]