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July 10, 2022
The waters between the Philippines, and Malaysia and Indonesia are prone to abductions and piracy. The three countries have agreed to jointly patrol these waters and to cooperate to secure the important shipping route that passes through it. Follow this thread for updates on incidents near the country's porous maritime boundary.
June 22, 2022
No safety gear at all or even if available, the equipment is either poorly maintained or badly in need of being replaced.
May 22, 2022
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the company held a joint public-private sector anti-piracy training session with the LNG carrier ‘LNG MARS’ while the vessel was under way southern area of Ise Bay on May 13. Based on a scenario that pirates were pursuing and closing in on the MOL-operated ‘LNG MARS’, the training focused ...
April 25, 2022
A review of the most significant recent legal developments and trends affecting intellectual property owners in Brazil, along with future prospects.
April 19, 2022
Ongoing efforts to further develop the minilateral mechanism bear close watching, despite lingering challenges.
March 16, 2022
Admiral Artemio Abu, commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), has been apppointed as the new chairperson of an inter-government council that seeks to combat at-sea piracy and armed robbery in the entire Asia. Admiral Artemio Abu, Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard (Courtesy of PCG)
March 16, 2022
The U.K. still needs to identify how it will attain its ambitious goals and demonstrate its ability to provide collective goods to a region that for the most part remains skeptical.
February 27, 2022
Global piracy and armed robbery numbers decreased in 2021, according to the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC). Its latest annual report shows a 32% drop in overall attacks in 2021 compared to 2020. The drop is primarily attributed to decreased activity within the Gulf of Guinea region, and Nigerian waters in particular. ...
February 4, 2022
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) relies on cooperation with a multitude of partners to efficiently facilitate international…
January 23, 2022
The number of piracy and armed robbery cases in the Singapore Strait hit a six-year high in 2021, even as such cases in Asia fell to their lowest since 2018. There were 49 incidents in the Singapore Strait – recognised as one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes – in 2021, compared with 34 in ...