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Alleged Tug Boat Hijacked within Persian Gulf
Pirates have hijacked an Iraqi ship that was stranded outside the country’s waters and took it to an unknown location, the MP for the Basra governorate said on Sunday.
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Singapore Reaffirms Role of ReCAAP and its Efforts to Combat Piracy
Singapore, as one of the 20 Contracting Parties to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery (ReCAAP), and host to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC), is..
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Denmark to deploy Absalon-class Danish frigate to the Gulf of Guinea
Denmark has announced that it will deploy an Absalon-class Danish frigate equipped with a detachment of Danish Marines and helicopter to the Gulf of Guinea between November 2021 and March 2022.
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Context en achtergrondinformatie: ontvoerde crew aan boord van de Nederlandse olietanker Davide B
De MV Davide B is op 11 Maart 2021 aangevallen door 9 bewapende individuen 213nm (nautische mijlen) ten Zuiden van Cotonou. 15 van de 21 crewleden zijn ontvoerd, de nationaliteit van deze crewleden..
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Why some ships vanish before unloading in the Middle East
On a radar map, the northern mouth of the Suez canal resembles a Bermuda Triangle-sur-Mer: ships have a habit of disappearing. So it was with the Emerald, an oil tanker which went through the canal..
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Will the Biden Presidency lead to greater maritime security in 2021 within the Persian Gulf?
Anticipating the Biden Administration’s Iran strategy is crucial for understanding future risks to maritime operators in the Persian Gulf. Though the new U.S. Administration has officially offered to..
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Is an unequal balance of rich & poor driving maritime crime within the Straits of Malacca & Singapore?
There is significant wealth disparity between littoral states in the SoM&S - the GDP per capita of Singapore is 6 times greater than Malaysia and more than 15 times greater than Indonesia. The uneven..
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Boarding - 208nm South Lagos
Reporting indicates that a MV was boarded 208nm South of Lagos.
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