October 2012 Dominick Donald recently addressed an audience at the 3rd Safety4Sea Forum in Athens, focusing on the drop in Somali-based pirates and what it means for the shipping industry moving forward. Dr. Donald is the Director of Aegis Advisory, a specialist business-intelligence consultancy located in the United States. Safety4Sea forum coveres a wide range of quality, […]
Tackling Piracy Requires Africa-wide Response
Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recently asserted that piracy is a continent-wide problem, not just the problem of his nation Somalia. President Mohamud addressed the African summit in Ethiopia and insisted that the piracy and illegal fishing would be addressed more affectively if it were viewed as an African problem, not just seen as a Somali problem. He said […]
New Zealand Increases Contributions to Anti-Piracy Patrols in East Africa
May 20, 2013 The New Zealand Royal Navy and New Zealand Royal Air Force will continue to contribute efforts to support that international anti-piracy mission taking place off the eastern coast of Africa. New vessels and aircraft will arrive in 2013 and 2014, according to New Zealand Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman. New Zealand conducts significant amount of trade […]
Olympic Security Operation
July 2012 In London, British Royal Marines have been conducting operational exercises with the Marine Policing Unit of the Metropolitan Police. Marines from the 539 Assault Squadron have been on the Thames River near Woolwich Arsenal Pier to shore up safety and security just prior to the London Olympics. Nearly 100 Royal Marines have been practicing a […]
View Fishing Without Nets
Awarded the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance 2012 Film Festival (see Fishing Without Nets), director Cutter Hodierne’s tale of Somalian pirates, co-written with John Hibey, can now be accessed online here: Fishing without Nets An epic tale of Somalian pirates – told from their perspective – the short film humanizes a group of […]
Yachts Remain Vulnerable to Pirates
October 26th, 2012 The NATO Shipping Center, the Maritime Security Center for the Horn of Africa and several other agencies have issued official warnings to all yachts travelling near the Indian Ocean: Avoid travelling across or near high risk areas for the indefinite future. Just this past week, two piracy incidents have occurred in the high […]
Gas Finds Complicate Eastern Med Security
June 26 2013 The recent discovery of natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean Sea has the potential to increase the complexity of the quagmire that is already the security situation in the region. Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Israel are amongst the nations to have already issued statements asserting control of the reserves. Lebanese Hezbollah and […]
British Private Navy Wage War on Pirates
January 6th, 2013 A private fleet from the United Kingdom will soon sail on the Indian Ocean to help the defense effort against the region’s pirate problem. Among the fleet is a 10,000-ton flagship and numbers of armored speed boats that will be used for patrols. The fleet will be crewed by a group of […]
Protection from pirates
May 13, 2013 Although the number of pirate attacks is either on the wane or has stabilized in most of its former-hot spots, that is not the case in West Africa. Just recently, a German cargo ship was raided by pirates who kidnapped five of the ship’s crew members. This is a disturbing development, for the Gulf […]
16 fishermen feared killed by pirates
April 1, 2013 Authorities in Bangladesh believe that at least 16 fisherman were killed by pirates after their vessels were raided. A fishing boat near Kutubdia Island in Cox’s Bazaar resort district came upon the bodies of three fishermen, which were sighted floating in the water by those operating the boat. Other fishermen in the area has sighted […]
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