Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/20/nuclear-powered-royal-navy-submarine-involved-in-collision No damage to HMS Ambush nuclear reactor or injuries to crew recorded after ‘glancing’ collision off coast of Gibraltar HMS Ambush, which has been forced into port in Gibraltar after a collision with a…
The following series is from a publication by Scott V. Truver entitled MINES AND UNDERWATER IEDS IN U.S. PORTS AND WATERWAYS. MINES AND UNDERWATER IEDS IN U.S. PORTS AND WATERWAYS Context, Threats, Challenges, and Solutions Scott C….
source: A EU NAVFOR boarding team in the Gulf of Aden. File photo credit: EU NAVFOR Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in…
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/stolen-radioactive-material-hunted-isis-ravaged-iraq-officials-n520551 Iraq is searching for potentially deadly radioactive material that was stolen late last year, officials said. The material was contained in an industrial radiography device that vanished in November, the International Atomic Energy Agency…
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)…
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…
The Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity Risk Management Framework Click to access DOE-OIG-16-02.pdf