August 2012 The crew of the MV Iceberg 1 was hijacked in the spring of 2010, and to this day, the crew is still held captive. They have been seemingly forgotten by countries and other organizations, and are the longest-held maritime hostages in modern history. Completely abandoned by their irresponsible and profit-seeking shipping company, the situation […]
House of Lords Report Credits EUNAVFOR and Private Security
The European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) has been conducting Operation Atalanta since 2008. The operation is an effort to combat and prevent piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. Finally, it seems that 2012 is seeing the first significant dip in number of pirate attacks in this area. The United Kingdom’s House of Lords just […]
Counter-Piracy Exercise
September 2012 On September 17th, 2012, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill and other U.S. Navy assets conducted a joint counter-piracy exercise with the frigate Yi Yang of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy in the waters off the east coast of Africa. This marks the first bi-lateral counter-piracy training exercise conducted between the two […]
Piracy Dip Could Reverse
September 2012 Despite a significant drop in pirate attacks in the first half of 2012, maritime authorities are warning shipping companies not to get too comfortable. International navies have had success patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, bringing a 54 per cent decrease in attacks. However, they won’t be able to stay in that […]
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