Thursday, January 20, 2011

Somali Pirates Grab Mongolian Flagged Ship

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The EU MSC(HOA) reports MV HOANG SON SUN pirated in the Indian Ocean : The MV HOANG SON SUN is believed to have been pirated approximately...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

A Study on the "Costs of Piracy"

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From the One Earth Future organization, "Oceans Beyond Piracy" web site - "The Cost of Piracy" in three pdf units. Thei...
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Monday, January 17, 2011

Somali Piracy Threat Map for 2010

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Nice map by Arun Ganesh of the National Institute of Design, Bangalore found at File:Somalian Piracy Threat Map 2010.png - Wikipedia : Cl...
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Somali Pirates: Greek Owned Ship Taken 17 Jan 2011

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EU MSC(HOA) reports MV EAGLE pirated in the Somali Basin : In the early hours of Monday 17 January, the bulk carrier MV EAGLE was attacked ...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Talking about the Future of the U.S. Marines on Midrats

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Please join CDR Salamander and me as we convene Episode 54 "USMC at the Pivot" at Midrats on Blog Talk Radio : A decade as a land...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Somali Pirates: NATO Commander Admits Pirates Ahead of NATO

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2011 Pirate Attacks in Indian Ocean (from IMB ) Well, one NATO commander sees the problem with a Somali pirate force that is inside NATO...
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Somali Pirates: South Korean Cargo Ship Taken in the Indian Ocean

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Samho Jewelry photo © Henk Noevers from MarineTraffic.com Reported here : A South Korean cargo ship with 21 crew members aboard was hij...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Cruise lines moving out of California

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Bad business conditions move jobs away from California as AP reports Carnival, other cruise lines fleeing California : Carnival Cruise Line...
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Gasoline prices

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Just in case you haven't noticed at the pump, Chart of the Day reports Gasoline prices top $3 per gallon : The price of a barrel of cru...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Somali Pirates: Kidnap Crew, Abandon Ship

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Reported as Pirates kidnap Danish ship crew but leave vessel : The crew of a Danish weapons ship have been kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf...
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Somali Pirate Activity 5 Jan - 12 Jan 2011

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IMB Piracy Attack Map 2011 Indian Ocean NATO report on the past week's piracy attacks in the Indian Ocean NATO Shipping Centre: SOMAL...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Things to Consider

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Like the world's largest diesel (or indeed, reciprocating) engine, the Wärtsilä RT-flex96C : The Wärtsilä RT-flex96C is a two-stroke tu...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

How to Deal with News Over-Hype

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Indian Ocean: Sea Power and Pirates

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Interesting piece found at Africa: Scrambling for sea power in the Indian Ocean - Norwegian Council for Africa : With the rapid economic an...
Friday, January 07, 2011

Somalia Pirates: Getting too big to avoid land action by anti-pirate forces?

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Call for action against the pirates reported by Strategy Page in Somalia: Calls For Sending Commandoes Ashore : So far it's all talk, b...
Thursday, January 06, 2011

Somali Pirates: Slowed by Weather, Ready to Attack

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From the NATO Shipping Centre (NSC) : Gulf of Aden/Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC). Locally heavier seas in the Gulf o...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Transitions

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John Donne wrote: No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed awa...
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Somali Pirate Mother Ships

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OK, you are the Somali pirate "admiral" - where will you place your pirated mother ship "navy" to be in a position to in...
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Monday, January 03, 2011

Somali Pirates: More Ships Taken; "Mother Ships" on the Move

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Reported by EU MSC(HOA) as MV BLIDA pirated in the Indian Ocean : In the afternoon of 1 January, the MV BLIDA was pirated approximately 150...
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Sunday, January 02, 2011

The Constitution of the United States

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As a public service, since it seems some people apparently have found it difficult to find the key document of our government, here is a tra...