China opposes Vietnamese maritime law over its sovereignty claims to South China Sea islands Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun summoned Vietnamese Ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho recently to lodge a solemn representation to the Vietnamese side concerning the recent passing of a Vietnamese maritime law that extends the country’s jurisdiction to islands claimed by…
The joint report is an update of the first report on the Human Cost of Piracy for 2010, launched in London by Oceans Beyond Piracy in June last year. This report includes a statistical analysis of the threats of violence caused by acts of piracy as well as the first published findings collected as…
On behalf to build the cooperation between Indonesia Agency for Nuclear Energy (Bapeten) and Indonesia Maritime Security Coordinating Board (IMSCB) on surveillance and security of Nuclear transportation in Indonesia water teritory, team of Indonesia Agency for Nuclear Energy visit IMSCB on June 5th 2012. This cooperation is set out in standard procedures (SP). Follow-up…
Since 2007, 3500 seafarers have been held captive by pirates operating out of Somalia and 62 have lost their lives; today, more than 200 seafarers are still being held, often beaten and tortured, with no contact with their loved ones, while hundreds of seafarers are preparing to sail through waters where the pirates operate.…