South Africa (SA) has placed its warships on station in the Mozambican Channel to counter the problem of piracy at sea. SA has arguably the strongest navy on the continent and the country is one of the top 12 sea-trading nations in the world. If it has not yet been directly affected by piracy…
It’s a bad time to be a pirate, at least in the American justice system.Piracy on the high seas is one of the oldest crimes on the books. But U.S. authorities are using 18th century law in new ways to go after people who may never actually climb on board a ship and the…
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is expanding and upgrading its service stations in Shanghai and Guangzhou in direct response to market demand for Fire, Rescue and Safety (FRS) services says Jason Chew, General Manager China. “As demand for professional Fire, Safety and Rescue services in China continues to grow at a fast pace, we are…
The number of pirate attacks have fallen sharply in the first half of 2012, led by a drop in Somali piracy, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report revealed today, but warned that these numbers were offset by a worrying increase of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea.…