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OCIMF Issues Guidance on Hiring Private Maritime Security Guards
The guidelines for the Employment of Private Maritime Security Companies is intended to help owners/operators with pre-selection considerations before using private maritime security services.
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Vessel Boarding 51nm SW Bioko Island
Reporting indicates that an OSV has been boarded by an unknown number of attackers 51nm SW Bioko island. The incident is reported to have occurred on the 25th October 21 at 2126UTC. The incident..
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Iran & Venezuela to sign 20-year cooperation accord
Iran will sign a 20-year cooperation accord with Venezuela when President Nicolas Maduro visits Tehran “in the next few months”.
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Weekly Maritime Security Threat Assessment w/c Monday 25th October
As of the 25th of October, one incident has been reported 86nm SW Agbami Terminal with one vessel understood to have been boarded. In addition, MDAT GOG have issued an alert for an increased risk of..
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Sudan Prime Minister arrested and detained amid reports of an apparent coup
Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdallah have been arrested and taken to an undisclosed location, the prime minister's economic advisor Adam Hireka told CNN Monday, in events..
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Vessel Boarding 86nm SW Agbami Terminal
Reporting indicates that the containership MSC LUCIA has been boarded by an unknown number of attackers 86nm SW Agbami Terminal. A naval vessel is inbound. The incident is understood to be ongoing.
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MDAT - GoG Increased Threat of Piracy
MDAT-GOG is aware that the piracy threat remains high in the area defined by the following points:
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Turkish shipyard launches mass production of fast patrol boats
Private Turkish shipyard Ares has begun mass production of a batch of 122 fast patrol boats for the country’s Coast Guard Command and the General Directorate of Security, the company announced.
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Suspicious Vessel - 233nm South Lomé
THE IMB PRC RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ECOWAS MMCC ZONE F.
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Suspicious Approach - 8nm NW Perim, Yemen
UKMTO reporting indicates that a vessel was approached within the Bab al Mandab Strait, 8nm NW Perim Island. Reporting states that the single craft contained 6 persons. Ladders were sighted. AST..
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Weekly Maritime Security Threat Assessment w/c Monday 18th October
This week, the IMB reported that piracy and armed robbery incidents were at their lowest for the first nine months of any year since 1994.
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National Oil Corporation (NOC) Kidnapping
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) condemns the kidnapping of two of its employees and demands their immediate release.
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Iran’s navy prevents pirate attack in Gulf of Aden
An Iranian warship on Saturday prevented an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden, the country’s naval chief said. “Navy commandos were successful in..
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Dryad Global secures strategic partnership with CR International
Dryad Global secures strategic partnership with CR International to deliver intelligence led insurance solutions.
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Mozambique's tuna corruption scandal puts justice on trial
The biggest corruption trial in Mozambique's history is under way at a maximum security prison, at the same time as the credibility of the country's judicial system is on trial in neighbouring South..
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Migrant Smuggling Routes, Hideouts in Colombia's Indigenous Lands
The recent dismantling of a migrant smuggling ring in Colombia has revealed the routes, corruption networks and modus operandi used to move thousands of migrants through the country.
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2021 SAFETY 4 SEA Virtual Forum on Maritime Security & Anti Piracy
The 2021 SAFETY4SEA Virtual Forum is scheduled as a 3-day event from Tuesday 19th to Thursday 21st of October. The event aims to support a target group of Technical, Safety, Operations & Marine..
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The Insanely Lucrative Pirate Stock Exchange In Somalia
The earliest instance of modern stock trading occurred in Amsterdam with the Dutch East India Company. In order to raise capital, it sold shares to the public and paid dividends based on the success..
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Lamu Kenya Navy Base A Big Boost For Maritime Security, Blue Economy
The new Kenya Navy Base in Manda Bay, Lamu County will greatly boost Kenya’s counter-terrorism efforts while strengthening the country’s ability to secure her maritime domain, crucial to attaining..
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Ecuador: The New Corridor for South American Arms Trafficking
As Ecuador reels from its worst prison massacre, military intelligence has recently revealed a flow of arms from Chile and Peru into Ecuador along its southern border, highlighting the country's key..
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Libyan Parliament Sets Parliamentary Elections for January 2022
On Monday, the Libyan Parliament approved a law for parliamentary elections to take place a month after the planned 24 December presidential elections.
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More undersea activity in South China Sea increase risk after crash
Submarines proliferating in the South China Sea are increasing risks in already treacherous waters, security experts said Friday, a day after the Navy announced an undersea collision in the..
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Weekly Maritime Security Threat Assessment w/c Monday 11th October
Nigeria continues to dominate the narrative in the Gulf of Guinea this week.
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Oil and Gas Workers Union renews threat to shut down ports to achieve their demands
The General Union of Oil and Gas Workers renewed the threat to shut down ports, in protest of the government ignoring their demands, such as an increase in salaries, activation of medical insurance..
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NPA, ICPC Inaugurate Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit
The Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) has inaugurated the NPA Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit.
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Chinese trawlers jeopardise India's maritime security
The presence of Chinese trawlers in the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal jeopardises India's maritime security by fishing in India's EEZ.
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How illegal fishing off Cameroon’s coast worsens maritime security
In Cameroon there is growing awareness that there’s a direct relationship between illegal and unregulated activity in the fisheries sector, and maritime security in the waters off the country’s coast.
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Gulf of Guinea Piracy: UN praises NIMASA effort in combating piracy
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), praised efforts made by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in the battle against maritime piracy in the Gulf of..
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Weekly Maritime Security Threat Assessment w/c Monday 4th October
Within the Gulf of Guinea, gunmen have kidnapped 4 fishermen in Akwa Ibom amidst rising militancy in the region.
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