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Private security group assembles first private navy since East India Company to protect Indian Ocean shipping convoys from Somali pirates
Private security group assembles first private navy since East India Company to protect Indian Ocean shipping convoys from Somali pirates By Rob Davies PUBLISHED: 20:16 EST, 29 January 2013 | UPDATED:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Typhon Launches Private Maritime Security Service against Piracy
Typhon Launches Private Maritime Security Service against Piracy January 29, 2013 Typhon Maritime Security Service announced the launch of its first marine convoy escort service, designed to enable “ship operators to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Danger On The High (PM)C’s
Danger On The High (PM)C’s by Jill Sargent Russell on 24 January 2013 A piece last week on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today Programme’* on a critical development in military affairs was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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This Tech Entrepreneur Is About to Launch the Blackwater of the High Seas
This Tech Entrepreneur Is About to Launch the Blackwater of the High Seas By Spencer Ackerman 01.23.13 6:30 AM Anthony Sharp of Typhon, a new private security firm, wants to escort… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Recruits wanted in piracy war
The National December 8, 2012 Saturday Recruits wanted in piracy war Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI // A global regulatory body wants more of the region’s maritime security agencies to become members… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Sri Lanka provides anti piracy protection: report
Lanka Business Report January 21, 2013 Monday Sri Lanka provides anti piracy protection: report DATELINE: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 — Sri Lanka’s southern port of Galle has become a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How the world’s navies ignored the plight of a hijacked ship for nearly three years
How the world’s navies ignored the plight of a hijacked ship for nearly three years By Colin Freeman World Last updated: December 27th, 2012 How’s this for a seasonal tale to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Piracy fears over ships laden with weapons in international waters
Piracy fears over ships laden with weapons in international waters Private security companies rely on unregulated ‘floating armouries’ in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean Oscar Rickett guardian.co.uk, Thursday… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
UAE gets ex-SAPS patrol boats defenceWeb Guy Martin 8 January 2013 A security company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has bought the four patrol boats that were originally destined… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Maritime Security off Somalia and in the Indian Ocean.
… Drop in piracy assessed as due to four factors: 100% success rate of the Private Military Security Contractors’ (PMSCs) armed guards onboard vessels; Ship hardening and evasive action by adherence… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading