Following a five year engagement by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to conduct applied research and geospatial analysis on piracy activities, this report constitutes the first global geospatial analysis on the…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/2016/01/22/pirates-chase-car-carrier-off-nigeria/?utm_source=gCaptain+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=35b56ab394-Mailchimp_RSS_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_f50174ef03-35b56ab394-139918741#.Vqc6CSp9600 Live Piracy Map via International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Center A gang of pirates chased and fired at a car carrier off the coast of Nigeria this week in what is believed to be…
Source: http://europe.newsweek.com/nigeria-shuts-two-oil-refineries-niger-delta-militancy-looms-418267?rm=eu A worker walks past Port Harcourt’s refinery, September 16, 2015. Nigeria’s state oil company has closed two of its refineries after attacks by militants.PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Militants attacked pipelines in the Niger Delta…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/2016/01/11/watch-freighter-olga-m-hits-old-evripos-bridge-in-greece/#.Vp3T3Sp9600 Some spectator video shows the Greek freighter Olga M bang its way through the old Evripos Bridge in Chalcis, Greece. According to reports, neither the bridge or vessel sustained significant damage in the incident, although after…
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Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/15/19148/experts-warn-nuclear-risks-may-be-increasing?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=watchdog&utm_medium=publici-email&goal=0_ffd1d0160d-9e236f238b-100381977&mc_cid=9e236f238b&mc_eid=9ff443c0ec U.S. efforts to keep nuclear explosive materials out of the hands of terrorists are losing steam and will be undermined without a concerted new diplomatic push, an independent nonprofit group in Washington, D.C., warned…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/2016/01/14/mississippi-river-bridge-hit-by-three-towing-vessels-in-three-days/#.Vp3T5ip9600 A third towboat has allided with the Vicksburg Railroad Bridge in as many days as floodwaters continue to impact shipping on the Mississippi River. The latest incident occurred Thursday when a barge being pushed by towing vessel…
Source: http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=28905 The Georgian State Security Service said on Monday that it arrested three men while trying to sell radioactive substance Cesium-137. The three men, identified as Mirian B., born in 1979; Konstantine B., born in…
Source: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/12/18850/fuel-nuclear-bomb-hands-unknown-black-marketeer-russia-us-officials-say Three identical incidents Western concerns are based on a simple trail of evidence that officials have until now kept secret: Three times since 1999, identically packaged containers of highly-enriched uranium have been seized…