Piracy
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Seaman Guard Ohio crew handed five-year hard labour sentences
Fully 27 months since they were first detained in India the 35 men onboard US private security vessel Seaman Guard…
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Polish crew released by Nigerian pirates
Poland’s prime minister Beata Syzdlo has announced that the Polish crew kidnapped in November off Nigeria are on their way…
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Mastermind behind Orkim Harmony hijacking caught on Batam
In news which may raise a few eyebrows in nearby Singapore, Indonesian police in Batam yesterday have captured Heintje Lango,…
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Five crew members from Polish ship abducted by pirates off Nigeria
Poland’s government has confirmed that Polish-owned general cargo vessel was hijacked by pirates off the Nigerian coast on Friday, with…
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GMP Marine: Cloud help for PMSCs
Sedgefield: UK firm GMP Marine specialises in producing secure cloud based administration systems to control the activities of private marine…
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Malaysia detains three tankers over illegal fuel transfers
Three tankers were detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) for illegal ship-to-ship transfer of marine fuel oil (MFO)…
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Piracy hotspot cooling off?
Beefed up patrols by the littoral states appear to be working. Southeast Asia is the world’s hotspot for piracy, but…
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Weapons to flood black market as PMSCs go bust
A leading private maritime security company (PMSC) has warned that thousands of weapons could flood the black market as PMSCs…
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British piracy documentary makers face jail time in Indonesia
Two British journalists making a documentary in Indonesia about piracy face five months in jail plus fines of up to…
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Four seafarers kidnapped in Nigeria
Yesterday the Lithuanian government revealed that four seafarers were abducted at Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria. Two Lithuanians and two…
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Almi Tankers vessel hit by pirates in Singapore Strait
An aframax tanker owned by Greece’s Almi Tankers, Almi Spirit (105,571 dwt, built 2007), was boarded by at least six pirates…
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High risk area off Horn of Africa halved in size
Shipping associations have agreed to revise and make smaller the high risk area around the Horn of Africa. The changes…
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Umbrella tactics to fight cyber crime
A problem for a journalist attending this week’s Danish Maritime Forum is the insistence on Chatham House rules, where what…
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Denmark pushes for other nations to beef up anti-piracy patrols
Denmark will remain committed to patrolling the seas in anti-piracy operations, and is pushing other larger nations to commit too.…
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Petty-wise, pound foolish: Are breaches of ISPS Code minimally significant?
Maritime consultant Thomas Timlen explains why the downplaying breaches of international maritime security measures can have globally catastrophic consequences. I…
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Somalia wants pirate prisoners to be repatriated
Around 100 Somali nationals jailed in Kenya for their alleged involvement in vessel hijacks could be repatriated to finish up…
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UN official connected with Mombasa drugs ship found dead – UPDATED
A UN official who was investigating the Höegh Transporter, the vessel on which drugs and weapons were found during a…
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Drugs and weapons found onboard Höegh ship raided in Mombasa
Authorities in Mombasa have found drugs and weapons onboard a Höegh Autoliners pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), which was…
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As illegal fishing spikes, report warns of risks of Somali piracy returning
Illegal fishing in Somali waters, a key spur to piracy growth in the region, has leapt of late and could…
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Malaysia ponders armed guards onboard ships
In response to the ongoing threat of piracy, Malaysian deputy home minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed has suggested that closer…
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