Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18850/fuel-nuclear-bomb-hands-unknown-black-marketeer-russia-us-officials-say CHISINAU, Moldova – The sample of highly-enriched uranium, of a type that could be used in a nuclear bomb, arrived here on a rainy summer day four years ago, in a blue shopping bag…
Source:https://gcaptain.com/kidnapped-crew-released-in-nigeria/ MV Solarte. Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Maksimas Four crew members who were kidnapped from an cargo ship off the Niger Delta in October have been freed in Nigeria, according to reports. The four men, two from Lithuania…
Despite an overall global reduction in serious pirate attacks this year, there remains no room for complacency in the global fight against piracy on the high seas, the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB…
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/01/us-maldives-blast-probe “The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it has found no conclusive evidence that an explosion on a boat transporting Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was caused by a bomb. The Maldives government, however,…
Source:https://gcaptain.com/tanker-involved-in-fatal-collision-off-nigeria-photos Damage to the MT Tank following the collision. Up to nine personnel from a self-propelled barge may have been killed after their vessel collided with a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker in Nigerian waters earlier this month. An…
Source:https://gcaptain.com/crew-kidnapping-marks-return-of-west-africa-pirate-attacks/ The recent kidnapping of four crew members from a cargo ship off the Niger Delta marks the return of attacks in West Africa and illustrates the uncertainty surrounding maritime security in the region, according to…