by admin | Oct 10, 2013 | Piracy
Ukrainian peacekeepers will join international forces fighting piracy off the coast of Africa, Ukraine’s parliament decided on Tuesday. According to a presidential decree approved by the parliament, up to 250 servicemen will join EU and NATO counterpiracy operations...
by admin | Sep 20, 2013 | Piracy
The Togolese have now taken a bold and foresighted step in in the fight against West African piracy. By splendid acts of legal perversion it has criminalized the reporting of pirates. The Togolese Republic is one of those African states which is not. It is a Category...
by admin | Sep 12, 2013 | Piracy
As the monsoon season in the north-western Indian Ocean starts subsiding and the weather once again becomes conducive to the operation of small pirate skiffs, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has urged ship masters not to be complacent when transiting the...
by admin | Sep 11, 2013 | Piracy
The intentional downplaying of terrorist activity in and around the Suez Canal by local authorities in the past six weeks can now be shown by GulfShip News as tensions around the area ratchet up. The attack on the Cosco Asia eight days ago, initially denied by the...
by admin | Sep 6, 2013 | Piracy
Two Egyptian news websites have further reports of so-called terrorist attempts on ships transiting the Suez Canal. Misr Al Youm and Veto report army forces in Kantara East region in Ismailia Governorate were able to arrest four “terrorist elements” who...
by admin | Aug 23, 2013 | Piracy
While pirate attacks off the Somali shore have decreased of late, 97 sailors are being held for ransom with no one to pay for their safe return, officials said. While most major shipping companies carry anti-piracy insurance riders that require a third party to pay...
