Ch16 Maritime Risk Intelligence

TANKERS: Separate anti-piracy payments shelved

S&P Global - The slump in MR tanker rates have wiped away most of the additional anti-piracy payment and war risk insurance coverage, which charterers have been paying for voyages through the Red Sea..

NIMASA, Navy To Align Training Curricula

By Shulammite 'FoyekuJul 06, 2020

Abu Sayyaf restarts kidnap-for-ransom at sea campaign

Sam Chambers Splash247 The Philippine Coast Guard is warning a faction of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is hunting vessels in Southeast Asia again looking for kidnap-for-ransom targets.

NDLEA raises concern over rising drug trafficking by sea in W/Africa

As drug trafficking by sea increases globally, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to strengthen the Agency to effectively combat the..

Kidnapping – 61nm South Cotonou

A Gulf Between Narratives: Maritime Security - Gulf of Aden in 2020

In our 2019 annual report, Dryad Global posed the question that on the basis of current trends, could it be said that piracy no longer represents the most significant threat to shipping within the..

Navy of Cameroon plans to purchase two Island-class patrol boats

POSTED ON SUNDAY, 21 JUNE 2020 18:00 NavyRecognition.com

Suspicious Approach – 98nm South Port Gentil

The Indian Ocean HRA- Are the additional security costs warranted?

Peak-Piracy from Somalia has passed The incidents in the wider Indian Ocean are not attributable to Piracy Why the HRA might be a legacy construct no longer fit for purpose Resistance to change from..

Kidnapping In Nigeria - The Ransom Business

Whilst the turbulent years of piracy within the Indian Ocean brought about global a collective understanding of the plight of seafarers within this region, resulting in large scale international..