Dubai: Effective training and mentoring for coastguards in the Middle East and Africa is essential in order to have control over territorial waters and economic zones, according to maritime security company Maritime Asset Security & Training...Piracy
Singapore: Tanker hijacks in southeast Asia during 2014 have made it the world’s most active region for piracy and armed robbery incidents, the International...Piracy
Muscat: An Iranian oil tanker has been rescued from pirates by the Iranian Navy 120 miles off the coast of Al-Mukalla, Yemen. The tanker was rescued by a Jamaran...
Singapore: A seafarer has died after being shot in the forehead when a tanker was hijacked off the coast of Malaysia on December 7. Seven perpetrators with...Piracy
Hanoi: A Vietnamese crewman was shot during a pirate attack on an asphalt tanker off Singapore early Sunday, and is in critical condition.
A Singapore rescue...Piracy
Singapore: In a bid to counter rising regional maritime piracy as well as try to keep track of air traffic in the wake of the MH370 disaster, Singapore’s...Piracy
Hanoi: Vietnamese investigators are to work with with Interpol to track down the pirates who attacked a Vietnamese oil tanker off Singapore this month. Around $1.4m...Piracy
Dubai: Heavy monsoon weather over the past quarter helped ensure there were no piracy attacks at all in the Gulf of Aden. However, the UK’s Dryad Maritime...Piracy
Singapore: Piracy incidents in Southeast Asia continue to rise, with the exception of around Indonesia, and the final few months of this year could see a spike in...
August 26th, 20140When I was six, I lived with my parents in Mogadishu. It was a delightful place to be a little boy. One day a man with a big black beard and tattoos came to stay in the...
Hanoi: Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) has warned its affiliates to remain vigilant against rising piracy in Southeast Asia. All ships must strictly...Piracy
Singapore: Could the sudden spike in piracy in the region be linked to a recently released prisoner or two? That’s one of the theories posited in SeaShip...Piracy
Singapore: With the worrying rise in piracy attacks across the Southeast Asian region, the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has urged all company...Piracy
Singapore: Piracy around the Malacca Straits is very much back in the news, with the United Nations saying the region has now surpassed West and East Africa to become...
July 2nd, 20140London: A British team have come up with what they believe is the ultimate piracy panic room, namely a converted twenty foot container. The secure box works both onshore...
June 20th, 20140An article debating how best to secure your ship, contributed by GUARDIAN A recommendation of BMP4, and currently the most common piracy deterrent used, razor wire on...
June 18th, 20140Portsmouth: Dryad Maritime is branching out. What started out as a dedicated maritime intelligence company is now offering a far wider range of services. The tagline of...
Singapore: The Information Fusion Centre (IFC), part of the Singapore Navy, has issued an alert of another tanker missing in the South China Sea. The centre is...
