Maritime Security News


TRACE Recognizes Shipping Industry Innovation

Mar 26, 2015

TRACE named the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), a global business network of companies and associations involved in the maritime industry, the winner of the second annual TRACE Innovation in Anti-Bribery Compliance Award (IACA) for…

Resilience & the Maritime Industry

Mar 25, 2015

Resilience is defined generally as the ability to recover quickly from setbacks.  Setbacks are inevitable.  Individuals and entities are best judged by their resilience – their ability to get back on track after experiencing a reversal. The…

DNV GL - Maritime CEO Addresses Cybersecurity at CMA 2015

Mar 25, 2015

“Ships and offshore structures are becoming more and more interconnected,” said Tor Svensen, CEO DNV GL - Maritime, when taking the stage at this year’s CMA (Connecticut Maritime Association) event in Stamford, CT. “In theory, all programmable components may be exposed to cyber threats…

CMA to Host Cyber Security Panel

Mar 20, 2015

U.S. Coast Guard, shipping industry professionals, to speak on cyber security issues at CMA Conference Jeffrey G. Lantz, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards for the United States Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety…

Maritime Security Training Unites Nations

Mar 20, 2015

Ghanaian navy sailors joined a German navy maritime interdiction operations (MIO) team and a U.S. Navy medical trainer for three days of maritime security training at Naval Base Tema, Ghana, ending March 18, 2015.The training took place…

3D-Simulator Generates Training, Expertise on Subs

Mar 20, 2015

A new diesel generator simulator has been delivered to Pearl Harbor naval facilities by the TechSolutions program at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), officials at ONR announced March 18. High-fidelity 3D software will allow Sailors…

First-hand Look at Naval Cyber Training

Mar 17, 2015

The U.S. deputy director of Naval Intelligence, Lynn Wright, toured and visited with students in various cyber, intelligence and information systems classes at the Center for Information Dominance (CID) March 10, the U.S. Navy announced. Wright…

Cadets from "N. Vaptsarov" Take Part in Antiterrorist NATO Exercise

Mar 15, 2015

Second permanent naval group of NATO ships patrol / SNMG 2 / in stock ships from the US, Germany, Italy, Canada, Turkey, together with the frigate 'Daring' in the composition of the Navy commander captain II rank Georgi Savov doctrine held in the Black Sea…

Maritime Security Experts Meet in Jacksonville

Mar 12, 2015

Maritime security experts are gathering this week at Maritime Security 2015 East in Jacksonville, Florida, to exchange information and ideas, as well as learn about and see emerging technologies and operational concepts in action.  Presentations were made by speakers from the Navy and Coast Guard…

First Woman VCNO Visits Naval Support Activity Naples

Mar 08, 2015

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard visited Sailors aboard Naval Support Activity Naples, March 6, 2015. While on board, Howard took time to visit U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, served as the keynote speaker at the Women's History Month Symposium…

Piracy Still a Big Threat in the Indian Ocean

Mar 06, 2015

Underestimating the security risk in the Indian Ocean could put ships in danger once again, says maritime security company MAST Ltd. “Whilst recent reports and incidents seem to be pointing to the Far East as the next piracy hotspot, the…

Panama Accredits Maritime Security Firm

Mar 05, 2015

The Panama Maritime Authority has accredited ESC Global Security personnel to offer protection aboard Panamanian-registered vessels, in what is thought to mark the first Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC) licence issued under the new Panama Administration…

Clyde Marine Training Reports Short Course Milestone

Mar 02, 2015

Clyde Marine Training informs it has reached a milestone this week, welcoming its 10,000th person to successfully complete one of its marine short courses. Christopher Anderson was undertaking the Personal Survival Techniques course and he…

USCG Free Boat from Ice Near Woods Hole

Mar 01, 2015

A Coast Guard crew responded to a fishing vessel trapped in ice in Woods Hole Passage, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Saturday.At about 3 p.m., the crew of the fishing boat Capt. RM Chase notified watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern…

Somali Pirates Release Long-held Hostages

Feb 27, 2015

Somali pirates have freed four Thai nationals seized from a fishing vessel at sea in 2010, ending the longest-running hostage drama in the Horn of Africa state, the United Nations said on Friday. At one time Somali pirates made millions…

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