A step-change for the international maritime industry’s escalating war against piracy is ushered in with the official opening of the Merchant Maritime Warfare Centre (MMWC), a UK based, non-profit ...
During the first ever multinational exercise in the Gulf of Guinea, Obangame 2010, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of Congo and U.S. worked together to improve and assess communications ...
On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It ...
Republic of Korea Navy Rear Adm. Ko Seung-bum, commander of Combined Task Force 151, is briefed by Italian Navy Cmdr. Valerio DI Giammatteo aboard Italian frigate ITS Rizzo (F595) on the ship’s ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it has carried out its first joint counter-piracy naval exercises with China off the Horn of Africa. The Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AdvanFort Company, a world leader in providing comprehensive maritime security solutions for the commercial shipping industry, was officially approved last week by the ...
“With maritime piracy costing the world an estimated US$60-70 million in 2008 and a worrying rise in sea crimes across the MENA region, it is of the utmost importance for the maritime community to col ...
Somalia: NATO has decided to extend its Indian Ocean counter-piracy mission by two years to the end of 2016, judging that piracy remains a threat despite a sharp fall in attacks, the alliance said on ...
On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It ...
The waters off Somalia tell a story that would make any compelling documentary — one of desperate fishermen who transformed into maritime outlaws, ultimately creating one of the world’s most ...
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Synamedia has announced that it is focusing its anti-piracy initiatives on its ContentArmor forensic watermarking and its intelligence and consultancy services. As Hollywood studios increasingly ...