[unable to retrieve full-text content]HAMILTON, N.J., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific –conference and trade show focusing on the emerging Asian-Pacific cruise industry— interviews Rama Rebbapragada , Chairman of the …
The midnight attack by a single helicopter firing its machine gun into half-a-dozen Somali pirate skiffs is some distance from the “shock and awe” that usually heralds the start of most campaigns. By Mike Pflanz, Nairobi and Thomas Harding But as innocuous as it might seem, the first act of aggression by the EU led naval force […]
Centuries after Blackbeard and his ilk passed into legend, piracy has once again become a major problem with a global impact. Operating off the Somali coast, modern day pirates have become a threat to regional stability, world trade and all forms of maritime transport. As long as the political situation in Somalia remains unstable, it […]
For nearly a month, Chinese and Filipino ships have been locked in a standoff near disputed territory, with no end in sight. HONG KONG, China — With a US ally engaged in a tense standoff with China over disputed territory in the South China Sea, America risks wading into increasingly perilous waters. The conflict began […]
Why does the failed state of Somalia (along with the failure of the world to recognize the independence of Somaliland) matter to the world? Why should the world care about the failure of nations like Somalia and Indonesia in integrating themselves into genuinely united federal nation-states? A big part of the answer is piracy, a […]
From in PTI | 06:04 PM,Apr 17,2012 New Delhi, Apr 17 (PTI) India and the US today held intensive discussions on East Asia in the backdrop of tensions in South China Sea and the recent defiant rocket launch by North Korea, a day after the two countries held political- military […]
Published on April 18, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled ‘Maritime Security: Coast Guard Efforts to Address Port Recovery and Salvage Response’, provides a description of the mechanisms that the US Coast Guard uses to accomplish its planning in the various Group 1 size ports […]
Russian state energy behemoth Gazprom ( OGZPY , quote ) has reached a deal with Vietnam Oil & Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to develop gas fields off the coast of Vietnam. According to Gazprom, the deal will provide Gazprom two licenses to explore the Moc Tinh and Hai Thach fields off the Vietnamese continental shelf in the South China Sea, […]
Published on April 16, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The sea is delivering a lucrative but illicit trade in Nigerian petrol to West Africa. Legally bought in Nigeria, the fuel is loaded onto boats which sail to Togo under the cover of night. Smuggling fuel by sea in West Africa Photos by Daniel […]
The idea that the U.S. can be an aloof offshore balancer in Asia is looking increasingly dated. China will no longer sit idly by and watch its nautical dominance. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the National Security Advisor to former President Jimmy Carter, has written another important book that devotes considerable attention to U.S. policy in Asia. InStrategic […]