Saturday, February 04, 2006

Oil tanker fights off pirates

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Reported here : The crew of a Japanese oil tanker have used powerful fire hoses to fend off an attack by pirates in the Singapore Strait. Th...

Guesses on the causes of the Red Sea ferry disaster

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The BBC is not shy about guessing about what caused the al-Salam Boccaccio '98 to sink as seen here . Design flaws to terrorism... cover...
Friday, February 03, 2006

Latest ONI World Wide Threat to Shipping (to 1 Feb 06)

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For the latest ONI WWTTS go here and click on the date. Highlight: 1. SOMALIA: An unidentified bulk carrier was fired upon 27 Jan a...

Navy Coastal Warfare Squadron 5 Joins the fleet

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Reported here : The squadron is the first of its kind since the Vietnam War, extending the reach of a Navy that has long dominated the deep-...

Somali pirate suspects plead "innocent"

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As might have been anticipated, the 10 alleged pirates captured by a US Navy destroyer are claiming to be innocent victims of kidnapping by ...

Egyptian Passenger Ship Missing in Red Sea

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An Egyptian passenger ship carrying 1300 people, including pilgrims on hajj is reported missing here . Apparently there is some bad weather ...

A backroad to avoid? Leaping croc hits car...

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Reported here : This was an auto accident with a difference. A two-metre-long saltwater crocodile leapt out of a roadside culvert and slamme...
Thursday, February 02, 2006

"We have taken control of your ship, and we will be obeyed"

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Interesting product testing press release notice here : VIP Systems™ technology will allow the ship to be viewed from the central U.S. Port ...

EU official: Be wary of the Strait of Malacca

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One day its the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, and the next it's the"anti-terrorism coordinator as reported here : EU anti-terr...

The US and modern pirates

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Odd title, but this has some useful information on the US Navy and Coast Guard anti-piracy efforts. "The number of reported incidents ...

Skipper's eye view of piracy

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Reported here : Capt Rodrigues took command of a small container ship after it was attacked en route from Australia to Singapore. When the 1...

Palestinian militants claim attack on Israeli ship

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Reported here : Palestinian militants said they fired missiles at an Israeli naval ship in the Mediterranean Sea near the southern town of ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Latest ICC Commercial Crime Services (to Jan 30, 2006)

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Latest ICC Commercial Crime Services Weekly Piracy Report here . Highlights: 27.01.2006 at 0645 LT in position 11:55.0N - 051:19.0E, off Cap...

Another offshore LNG project for California?

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Reported here : A second Australian company has surfaced with plans to anchor a liquefied natural gas terminal somewhere off the coast of So...

US Navy and pirates

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An interesting report here : In ordering a U.S. Navy destroyer to capture and board a suspected pirate ship on the high seas in the Indian O...

Greenpeace "battle plan"

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Reported here , a plan to take on West African fishing "pirates." West Africa? Why not take on the illegal fishing off Somalia in ...

Sierra Leone Navy captures pirate

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Reported here : As Guinean pirates continue to cause havoc at sea in Sierra Leone’s territorial waters, reports monitored by this press have...

Threat of Strait of Malacca terrorism catch PacFlt's eye

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Reported here : "The Strait of Malacca is the heaviest trafficked strait in the world, and for that reason any disruption to that comme...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Chinese aircraft carrier?

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Reported here , some speculation over the Chinese Navy and a possible aircraft carrier: There is tight security surrounding the Varyag in Da...

Philippines: Beach terror alert

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Reported here : Newly assumed PNP provincial director Sr. Supt. Omar Buenafe may have his first bap tism of fire, courtesy of the rebel move...