Executive Summary This global report on maritime piracy has identified several important trends related to maritime security. Based on a refined and detailed analysis of primarily data from International Maritime Organization (IMO) Global Integrated Shipping…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/imb-piracy-hotspots-persist-worldwide-despite-reductions-in-key-areas File photo: Shutterstock/Rasti Sedlak (ICC International Maritime Bureau) – Piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite reductions in the number of ships hijacked…
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/12128328/Isil-wants-its-own-navy-for-attacks-in-the-Mediterranean.html Islamic State militants hope to build a maritime arm that could carry out attacks in the Mediterranean, a senior Nato Naval officer has warned. The march of Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Isil)…
Source: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20160130.aspx In 2015 over 99 percent of suicide attacks were committed by Moslems, most of them Sunni Moslems influenced by a form of Islam (Wahhabism) heavily promoted by Saudi Arabia for decades. While there were…
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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