Monday, July 13, 2009

Straits of Singapore Pirates: Tug Attacks

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Reported here : Masked parang-wielding pirates robbed a Singapore-registered tug boat towing a granite-ladened barge in the Straits of Singa...

There's Nothing Like Experience: A Short Report on Unintended Consequences

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From the U.S. Coast Guard Home Page a link to an AP report on why some things maybe can't be rushed: Tugboat pilot plan may have backfi...

Somali Pirates: Pirates Hijack Indian Dhow and Turn It into "Mothership"

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It began Friday with the Somali pirate capture of a Indian dhow off the coast of Somalia in what might have been a business deal gone wrong,...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sunday Ship History: Every Sailor is a Firefighter

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The other day I was talking to a professional firefighter and mentioned that I, unlike most civilians, had been exposed to firefighting trai...
Friday, July 10, 2009

Book Review: Terror on the Seas by Daniel Sekulich

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"Psst. Psssst. Hey you! - Yes, you - So, interested in pirates, are you? Want to meet some? Want to interview one?" If you find t...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

Egypt nabs Al-Qaida-linked terror cell plotting Suez attacks

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Attacks in the Suez Canal? Prospective terrorists caught, as reported in Egypt nabs Al-Qaida-linked terror cell plotting Suez attacks : Egyp...

Somali Pirates: Monsoon Attacks

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Conventional wisdom is that the Somali pirates don't attack often during monsoon season. However, as the recent capture of a Turkish sh...

An email from my Congressman

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When the vote on the "cap and trade bill" bill was pending before the U.S. House of Representatives, I dispatched a little note to...

Somali Pirates: Update on latest Hijack

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More info on pirate capture of Turkish bulk ship Horizon I here : Omer Ozgur, from Horizon Shipping, said the Horizon I was continuing on i...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Somali Pirates: Turkish Tanker Taken

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BBC reports here : A Turkish cargo ship with 23 crew on board has been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Istanbul-based Horizon Sh...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Multi-Purpose Offshore Patrol Vessels

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I think in keeping with my call for using something other than billion dollar Aegis cruisers and destroyers for patrolling against pirates w...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Monday Reading

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Fred Fry's Maritime Monday 169 , with photos of Long Island Sound ferries, and, as usual, much, much more. A report that a sponsor of pi...
Sunday, July 05, 2009

Sunday Ship History: The Eagle Ships

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During World War I, the U.S. Navy found that it needed some smaller ships to operate farther off shore than the converted yachts and other w...

China: Sri Lanka and the Chinese String of Pearls

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Lots of reasons to read Michael J. Totten: A Conversation with Robert D. Kaplan , but the Chinese plan to control its vital sea lanes is a ...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

Let Freedom Ring

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rig...
Friday, July 03, 2009

State Department’s David Foran Discusses Fighting Piracy

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State Department’s David Foran Discusses Fighting Piracy : [Mary Furnivall]: Why is it so difficult to stem pirate activity off the coast o...

U.S. House "Acts" on Pirates

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The headline is a little misleading - National Journal Online - Congress Moves To Protect Shippers From Piracy - since it's bill that h...

Somali Pirates: Al Jazeera Videos

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MarineBuzz has links to some outstanding videos featuring direct interviews with Somali pirates at Al Jazeera Videos There's a lesson in...

Terrorists in Mumbai

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I pondered a little while on whether or not to link to the Channel 4 Report found at Gates of Vienna as Mumbai Revisited . On one hand, I h...