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SaveOurSeafarers Issues Statement on Somalian Piracy
Statement from the shipping industryâs SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign with reference to the U.K. House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committeeâs Report âPiracy off the coast of Somaliaâ. The shipping industryâs SOS SaveOurSeafarers campaign welcomes the U.K. House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committeeâs Report âPiracy off the coast of Somaliaâ. As the FAC observes, gathering evidence against pirates is challenging.
NATO's Weekly Piracy Assessment
Overview of week of 22-28 December 2011. During the reporting period of 22-28 December 2011 pirate activity against vessels was low. One vessel was hijacked on 27âŚ
Pirates Disrupted by USS Pinckney
Guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91), assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, disrupted a group of suspected pirates close to the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC), south of Yemen, Dec. 19. The Merchant Shipping Industry Best Management Practices, Version 4 (BMPv4) encourages merchant vessels to register with the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO) while transiting areas known to be high risk for piracy.
Life Sentence for Somali Pirates
Somalis Sentenced to Life in Prison on Charges Relating to Piracy of the S/V Quest. Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali, a/k/a Sanadaaq, 32, and Jilani Abdiali, a/k/a Ilkasse, 20, both of Somalia, were sentenced today in Norfolk federal court to life in prison for their acts of piracy against the S/V Quest, which resulted in the murder of United States citizens Scott Underwood Adam, Jean Savage Adam, Phyllis Patricia Macay and Robert Campbell Riggle. Neil H. MacBride, U.S.
Secure Waters Offers Trip Threat Reports
The Maritime Security Council has accredited the on-demand trip threat reports. Piracy continues to be a major problem affecting large yachts and worldwide shipping concerns.
Intermanager President: Protect Seafarers from Piracy
The âhorrorsâ of piracy have dominated the first year of Meridian Marine Management Managing Director Alastair Evittâs first year in his role as President of InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry. Summing up his first year representing the worldâs third-party and in-house ship managers, Mr Evitt told the InterManager Annual General Meeting today (NovemberâŚ
Thrane & Thrane Adds to Sailor Fleebroadband
Enhanced voice calling and new tracking functions for terminals. Thrane & Thrane demonstrated commitment to the growth of its SAILOR FleetBroadband offering yesterday at Inmarsatâs annual partner conference in Barcelona. The FleetBroadband terminal manufacturer announced that Inmarsatâs new service enhancements, Multi-Voice Service and Dynamic Telemetry Service, will be available on SAILOR FleetBroadband terminals when the services go live in Q1 and Q2 2012.
The Changing Face of Piracy
As the NATO and EU NAVFOR operations Ocean Shield and Atalanta continue their work in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and Red Sea areas, one could easily be forgiven for thinking, well, thatâs that. Tough luck, pirates, the world is on to you. Sadly, as anyone involved in international shipping knows, that is very far from the truth. The fact is that the areas patrolled by the worldâs navies are vast and the chance of early interdiction of a pirate skiff or mothership by a naval vessel is small.
Pirates Seize Tanker off Nigeria
Pirates off the coast of Nigeria have reportedly taken control of an oil products tanker with about 25 crew members on board, part of a new wave of increasinglyâŚ
IUMI Welcomes Governmental Piracy Stance
Damage to World Economy. âAt last, governments are being stung into taking positive action to put an end to the menace posed by pirates, whether they be from Somalia or elsewhere. Not before time, there is a growing realisation that piracy is severely disrupting and damaging global trade at a time when the fragile world economy can least afford it. These comments were made today in Oslo by Ole WikborgâŚ
Safe Ships, Safer Seas 2011: Kelvin Hughesâ Piracy Seminar
Safe Ships, Safer Seas 2011: Kelvin Hughesâ Athens seminar tackles piracy issues head-on. Thursday 20 October 2011 saw world-leading navigational systems provider Kelvin Hughes present the first in its series of âSafe Ships, Safer Seasâ seminars to an audience in Athens consisting of 100 Greek ship owners, operators and senior executives. Held at the Apollon Divani Spa Hotel, Vouliagmeni, the event went ahead despite national strike action across Greece and was well attendedâŚ
EnGarde Tactical Armor for Crew Protection
Lookouts scan the horizon, searching for any boat or vessel that looks out of place, careful eyes watch the radar screen. The entire crew is on edge; radio chatter between ships is nearly constant. Fishing vessels, normally a routine part of ocean travel, get extra scrutiny and wide passage. Any small boat approaching the ship sets off alarm bells. Anyone who makes their living on the sea knows these watersâŚ
Transas: New Anti-Piracy Training Solution
In response to still pressing piracy threat off the coast of Somaila, Transas has developed an Anti-Piracy solution that will support maritime schools in performing relevant training. The Transas Anti-Piracy package consists of a mothership, a smaller mothership and four fastboats with different speeds. The look of all vessels is typically 'pirate': badly maintained and rusty. The fastboats have fourâŚ
NATO Disrupts Pirate Mother Ship
NATO disrupts pirate mother ship responsible for the attack on MV Montecristo. Following NATO's successful release of the pirated Italian merchant vessel, MV Montecristo, earlier last week, the naval units contributing to NATO's counter piracy operation succeeded in locating and disrupting the suspected pirate mother ship responsible for the attack. Successful coordination of military assets and informationâŚ
Hellenic War Risks Club at 50; Reports $68.6m in Reserves
Piracy remains a major issue, especially for Greek owners, says the Club. The Hellenic War Risks Club is celebrating its 50th year of operation in 2011. The Associationâs founding Directors, which included J C Carras, J E G Kulukundis, C M Lemos, D J Chandris and F P Lykiardopulo, recognised a need for Greek shipowners to come together on a mutual basis to provide the most competitive war risk insurance premiums, which, at the time, were difficult and expensive to obtain.
Tackling Piracy: UK Government Response
Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham's speech to the British Chamber of Shipping on the UK Governmentâs response to counter-piracy. One of the most important duties of a Government is to protect UK citizens, both at home and abroad. In the networked world of the 21st century, insecurity in pockets of the world ripples outwards and the impact can be felt here at home. Africa is a long way from the UK.
NATO Weekly Piracy Assessment
Reporting period: 29 September - 05 October 2011 (Updated: 06 October). During the reporting period (29 Sep â 5 Oct 11) there were two incidents of suspicious activityâŚ
$16B Piracy Issue on Maritime Agenda
Money and Ships conference to review current situation after global attacks hit all-time high of 266 for the first half of 2011- problem costs industry up to $16 billion annually.
ICS Chairman Addresses India Shipping Summit
âWe have reached the end of our tether on piracy," ICS Chairman tells India Shipping Summit. âThe world community cannot tolerate the abuse and the killing of seafarers,â ICS Chairman Spyros M Polemis told seafarers and maritime industry professionals in India today (Oct 11th), adding that âIndia and its seafarers have truly been in the firing lineâ. âThis has to stop now. The pirates must get theâŚ
Campaign Against Piracy Hits Big Screen
SOS SaveOurSeafarers, a high profile, shipping industry anti- piracy campaign is taking its message to celluloid with the launch of a short video highlighting the human and economic cost of Somali piracy. The six-minute video was launched this week at the Safety4Seainternational maritime security conference in Athens and highlights the significant threat of Somali piracy attacks for the worldwide seafarer community and potentially for world trade itself.