Published on July 4, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The Enrica Lexie is Italian flagged thus, in accordance with the U.N. Convention of Law of Seas (UNCLOS), Italy should try the two marines. However, India’s position is that under Indian law and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence Against […]
Published on July 4, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments NATO Channel Series “Piracy” Episode 1: “The Human Cost” focuses on a report released on 22nd June by the International Maritime Bureau and “Oceans Beyond Piracy” called “The Human Cost of Somali Piracy” which highlights the plight of hostages. Includes interviews with the authors […]
Published on July 4, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments In an intrusion episode that occurred almost seven months ago, Chinese hackers penetrated computers at the Indian Eastern Naval Command to access strategic information. The action is a serious breach of India’s cyber security. Chinese hackers penetrate Navy’s computer In what may be construed […]
Published on July 3, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments A Naval Operations Centre has been opened in Djibouti. Goals include improving the ability of Djiboutian maritime forces to track ship movements in their territorial waters and aid in the fight against piracy. Naval Operations Centre opens in Djibouti Djibouti has opened a new […]
Published on July 3, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Piracy off Nigeria’s oil-rich delta has escalated from low-level armed robberies to hijackings and cargo thefts, in the latest incident pirates have attacked an unidentified oil tanker. Pirates attack oil tanker Lagos – An international watchdog says pirates have attacked an oil tanker off […]
Published on July 3, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Containers from a cargo ship that arrived in New Jersey from the Middle East on Wednesday were unloaded in a rush after a Coast Guard inspection team heard knocking that suggested stowaways might be inside one of the boxes. Stowaways suspected in container ship […]
Published on June 29, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, captured in late 2010 from a yacht off the coast of Tanzania, were handcuffed throughout the nearly two years they were held by Somali pirates. Freed kidnap victims were handcuffed for two years by pirates A South African woman […]
Published on June 29, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The adoption of private armed security forces on ships traversing the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden shipping corridor has led to a serious drop in piracy incidents in 2012, delegates heard on Wednesdayday at the second international piracy conference in Dubai. Keeping Gulf of Aden […]
Published on June 29, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The chief of Somalia’s anti-piracy task force has thanked the UAE government for contributing to a programme that is helping the war-ravaged African country turn the tide in the battle against pirates. Somalia anti-piracy chief thanks UAE By Ahmed Al Majaida, Khaleej Times The […]
Published on June 29, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Men who were held captive by Somali pirates will retell their traumatic stories in a documentary that will show on the first day of a global anti-piracy conference next week. Pirates’ captives to tell of their ordeal By Ramola Talwar Badam, The National The […]