This article deals with the evolution of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. It was proclaimed in 2012 that the Somali pirate business model had been broken by a combination of coordinated naval patrols, heightened vessel security, and the ubiquitous presence of armed guards aboard valuable ships. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) attributed only 71…
GateKeeper USA Inc. (OTC Symbol: GTKP) announced that in a recent Bloomberg article, it was reported by Jeff Bliss that the US Backs Off All Cargo Scanning Goals. As reported by CBP (Customs & Boarder Protection), officials’ port X-ray and Gamma-ray machines were only able to facilitate scanning 4.1% of the millions of containers that…
This afternoon, Argentine frigate ARA Libertad will arrive at the Naval Base Mar del Plata, located in the city’s port, where it will be received by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The training ship returns to Argentina after 21 days at sea, after the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea ordered its…
The Italian foreign ministry has said that Nigerian pirates have freed three Italian sailors they abducted from the MV Asso Ventuno last month. Pirates free Italian sailors kidnapped off Nigeria Pirates have freed three Italian sailors they abducted from a ship off Nigeria last month, the foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday. “Our three sailors are…