During the reporting period of 29 August to 4 September 2012 there have been no piracy related incidents in the High Risk Area (HRA). However, there have been continued reports of suspicious activity in the Southern Red Sea (SRS) and Bab-al-Mandeb (BAM) during the past week. Pirate activity can still take place during the…
Korea’s first naval rescue and salvage ship launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard. The 3,500-ton Tongyeong will go through a series of tests before being handed over to the Navy next year. The Navy’s older rescue ships, the Pyeongtaek and the Gwangyang, were second-hand, bought from the U.S. Navy in 1996…
Six new suspected Somali Pirates have appeared before the Seychelles court on September 3 for the offence of acts of piracy on the high seas and have all been remanded for 14 days. Aged between 15 and 38 years old, the suspected pirates arrived in the country on Saturday, September 1 having left the…
China will take over the Pakistan’s strategically located Gwadar Port in southwestern Balochistan after Singapore decided to pull out of a 40-year port management and development contract signed in 2007. Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and its partners – Aqeel Kareem Dedhi (AKD) Group of Karachi and the National Logistic Cell (NCL) – are…