On Thursday, rescuers retrieved nine sailors– five Burmese and four Indonesian– who were drifting on a lifeboat in South Vietnamese waters for four days. The sailors had been attacked by pirates who hijacked their vessel and left them adrift at sea. Allegedly the sailors to control of Captain Sann Winnaug’s oil tanker Zafirah just two days after it had left […]
Piracy and Illegal Fishing
Indonesia will host the Asia-Pacific regional conference, held by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), and naval crime will be the focus of the discussion. The conference is scheduled to last four days, and according to Chairman of the ITF’s Asia-Pacific region, Hanafi Rustandi, the subject is so important that it has attracted the attention of the […]
Terror Threat to Canadian Waterways
November 2012 A recent Canadian assessment of the country’s maritime security vulnerabilities asserts that the threat to Canada’s maritime borders has increased. The report shows that Canada has no satisfactory plan to counter the national security threats posed by small boats in heavily trafficked maritime border areas. The report specifically mentions the possibility of terrorists organizations […]
Canada hi-tech radar for border security
October 2012 As the United States increases both land and sea border security to its south, Canada has also become a recent partner in efforts to shore up America’s northern borders. Because waterways can be particularly tricky to police, Canadian authorities have recently begun using high-tech radar in a new and innovative way. Canadian company […]
No time to weaken maritime laws
October 2012 Recently, it seems to be an increasingly popular move for prominent politicians to pick on the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the Jones Act. Senator John McCain recently deemed the act “protectionist” and arguments in its favor “laughable.” Established to insure that our country has a vibrant United States maritime industry, […]
Small Vessel Security Strategy
When we think about piracy and maritime security, we often imagine large cargo ships or oil tankers being help hostage for huge ransoms. Indeed, those stories often garner the most attention from national and international media. But much of the focus from within the maritime security has recently shifted to controlling the movements of the far more numerous […]
Guyanese Pirates
This past Sunday morning, Guyanese authorities captured a vessel and several people who were reportedly conducting pirating on the Pomeroon river, a recent hotbed of local piracy. According to the Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, a quick, coordinated response by several arms of law enforcement resulted in a crew of fisherman being saved and a crew of pirates being […]
Nationwide AIS to Begin Operational Test and Evaluation
The United States Coast Guard will begin testing a new Nationwide Automatic Identification System that will help insure the safety, security and efficiency of all maritime activities going on within the territorial waters of the U.S. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the Nationwide AIS gives authorities a informational 360-degree view of vessels coming into […]
Latin American Solidarity
Falklands Dispute Heats Up Once Again: Peru shows solidarity with Argentina Peru has cancelled the visit of a United Kingdom Royal Navy frigate in an effort to show solidarity with Argentina over their decades long dispute with the UK over the Falklands Islands. The HMS Montrose was supposed to dock in Peru later this week, […]
Pirate Attacks in Guyana
A small fishing boat travelling to help a fishing crew that was attacked by pirates this past weekend capsized on Saturday, leaving 3 out of the 4 crew members unaccounted for. Pirates targeted 15 fishing boats in a 24-hour spree in waters of Guyana’s Pomeroon river on Friday. Reports sent in to the Maritime Administration […]
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