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A DEVONPORT-based frigate has wasted no time in reinforcing multi-national relations by conducting security exercises with the Saudi Navy. HMS Somerset has been taking part in the exercises just weeks after taking over duties from HMS Monmouth in the Middle East. Commander Paul Bristowe, HMS Somerset’s Commanding Officer, said: “The Red Sea is one of …

ISLAMABAD: Twenty five Indian fishermen have been arrested and four boats seized for allegedly intruding intoPakistani waters, an official statement said on Thursday.  The fishermen were apprehended by the Maritime Security Agency in the early hours on Wednesday.  The fishermen were arrested for their alleged “continuous intrusion of Pakistani waters”, officials claimed.  The fishermen were …

Maritime security top defense priority President Benigno Aquino III said the country’s top defense priority is maritime security, especially in the disputed areas in the South China Sea, which Manila now calls the West Philippine Sea. Mr. Aquino, in an open forum hosted by the Asia Society in New York, said it is imperative for …

Naval attaches and maritime experts on Tuesday said a land-based solution to piracy off the coast of Somalia was urgently needed. Delegates are attending the Institute of Security Studies (ISS) maritime security seminar in Pretoria which focused on piracy in East Africa. Somali fishermen have transformed their vigilante groups to organised crime syndicates. The ISS’s …

HERNDON, VA, Sep 13, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — GreySide Group, an industry leader in Maritime Security, Anti-Piracy, and International Risk Management & Security is proud to announce the opening of a European office in the United Kingdom, and the addition of Michael Ferguson to the executive team. GreySide Group recently opened a European office …

One of the arguments made against arming merchant ships as defense against pirates is the claimed threat that doing so will merely escalate the violence deployed by pirates. I have disputed this argument in the past (See ‘Armed Merchant Ship Crews Will Not Escalate The Pirate Problem‘). Here is another article that takes aim at the …

Representatives of the Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the High Level Committee on Piracy, Mr. Jacques Belle, has presented a comprehensive overview of Seychelles’ fight against piracy at a conference in the UK at Wilton Park, West Sussex, which took place between July 7-10.  The conference entitled, “Building Local Capacity for Maritime Security,” was …

By Capt. Jeffrey L. Kuhlman  Mitigation of piracy and other security events at sea have met with greater complexity due to increased violence and increased activity.  Maritime security training must rise to this need as well as the necessity of managing the growing violence against the maritime industry.  The increased violence from piracy has resulted …

The South Asia Maritime Security Conference (MARSEC), which was co-hosted by Sri Lanka Navy in collaboration with Center for Civil Military Relations (CCMR) and Pacific Command (PACOM) of the United States Navy, concluded on a successful note on 15th July 2011. The regional maritime conference held at the Hotel Galadari, Colombo, from 11th to 15th …

Regional powers India and Pakistan have both opted out of the ongoing South Asia Maritime Security Conference for reasons known best to those two countries, navy officials said. They said the conference which began on Monday and ends on Friday is currently being attended by Bangladesh, Maldives, Australia and the United States. The conference is …