Category Archives: Maritime

Fake Security Contracts Costly

Posted on July 23, 2015 by

Fake Security Contracts Costly By MarEx 2015-07-23 12:38:59 The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) is alerting ship owners that some private maritime security companies (PMSC) are using unauthenticated copies of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Faced with migrants and terrorists is private security the answer for Med shipping?

Posted on July 23, 2015 by

Faced with migrants and terrorists is private security the answer for Med shipping? By Charlie Bartlett from London As if it is not enough for shipping in the Mediterranean that it… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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PMSCs linked with arms smuggling in SE Asian waters

Posted on July 23, 2015 by

PMSCs linked with arms smuggling in SE Asian waters July 17th, 2015 Sam Chambers Asia, Piracy 1 comments Kuala Lumpur: Private maritime security companies transiting Malaysian waters need to be careful.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Whither the Private Maritime Security Companies of Asia?

Posted on July 23, 2015 by

Whither the Private Maritime Security Companies of Asia? By MarEx 2014-04-18 20:49:00 LT Scott Cheney-Peters, a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and the former editor of Surface Warfare… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Weapons on the Water, Violence at Sea

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

Weapons on the Water, Violence at Sea By Ian Urbina July 20, 2015 7:29 am July 20, 2015 7:29 am Credit Ben Solomon/The New York Times “Brace yourself.” This was the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Murder at Sea: Captured on Video, but Killers Go Free

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

Middle East | The Outlaw Ocean Murder at Sea: Captured on Video, but Killers Go Free A video shows at least four unarmed men being gunned down in the water. Despite… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Power, Law, and the End of Privateering

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

Power, Law, and the End of Privateering Hattendorf, John B Naval War College Review 04-01-2015 Lemnitzer, Jan Martin. Power, Law, and the End of Privateering. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 254pp.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Obstinate and Audacious

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

Obstinate and Audacious McCranie, Kevin D Naval History 04-01-2014 The American privateer Prince de Neufchatel bedeviled the British in the War of 1812, repeatedly outrunning pursuers and fighting back when cornered.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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YES, PRIVATEERS MATTERED

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

YES, PRIVATEERS MATTERED Leiner, Frederick C Naval History 04-01-2014 History is ill-served by a peculiar recent trend to downplay the significance of American privateering in the War of 1812. When the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Ghana government allows private security on vessels

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

Ghana government allows private security on vessels The Ghanaian government has granted a British private security company (PSC) the licence to have armed guards on board vessels. From the end of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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