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Andrew J. Shapiro
Andrew J. Shapiro Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs US Department of State Mr Shapiro delivered an on-the-record address on the Obama Administration’s policies to combat piracy. His remarks launced the IISS-US Policy Makers Series. Andrew Shapiro is the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs. Previously, he served as Senior Advisor to Secretary Clinton and [...]
BMP4 Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy
BMP4 Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy (Version 4 – August 2011) Suggested Planning and Operational Practices for Ship Operators, and Masters of Ships Transiting the High Risk Area Terms of Use The advice and information given in this booklet (“Booklet”) is intended purely as guidance to be used at the user’s [...]
Best Management Practices Version 3
Best Management Practices 3, “BMP 3”, has been produced by the Shipping Industry in consultation with the combined naval forces – EUNAVFOR, the NATO Shipping Centre and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Industry’s focus when revising Best Management Practice has been on targeting the document at seafarers. With this in mind, BMP3 has [...]
Πειρατεία
Η πειρατεία είναι ένα από τα σοβαρότερα εγκλήματα του Διεθνούς Δικαίου. Ορισμός Για τον ακριβή ορισμό της πειρατείας δεν υφίσταται σύμφωνη γνώμη των διεθνολόγων. Κατά τον επίσημο ορισμό του Οργανισμού Ηνωμένων Εθνών, όπως περιλαμβάνεται στο άρθρο 100, 101, της Σύμβασης των Η.Ε. (1982), (“Περί ανοικτών θαλασσών”), πειρατεία ονομάζεται κάθε πράξη βίας ή αιχμαλώτισης ή απόσπασης, η οποία διαπράττεται στην [...]
Διώρυγα Σουέζ
Η διώρυγα του Σουέζ είναι η μεγαλύτερη διώρυγα του κόσμου, συνολικού μήκους 168 χλμ. που, προσθέτοντας τα σημεία αγκυροβολίων και το μήκος της ενδιάμεσης λίμνης, φθάνει τα 190 χλμ.. Έχει μέγιστο πλάτος, σε ορισμένα σημεία, 160-200 μ. και βάθος 11,60 μ. Διατρέχει κατά διεύθυνση Βορρά – Νότο τον ισθμό του Σουέζ ,ενώνοντας τη Μεσόγειο θάλασσα με την Ερυθρά θάλασσα. [...]
Maritime security (USCG)
Maritime security is concerned with the prevention of intentional damage through sabotage, subversion, or terrorism. Maritime security is one of the three basic roles of the United States Coast Guard has gradually developed in response to a series of catastrophic events, which began in 1917. There are three main maritime security activities conducted by the Coast [...]
Crisis management
Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a major event that threatens to harm the organization, its stakeholders, or the general public. Three elements are common to most definitions of crisis: (a) a threat to the organization, (b) the element of surprise, and (c) a short decision time.[1] Venette[2] argues that [...]
Private investigator
A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI), private detective or (informally) private eye or private dick, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims. Before the advent of no-fault divorce, many private investigators were hired to search out [...]
EU force frees Somali ‘pirates’
The EU’s naval force has freed six Somali pirate suspects, a day after they were captured trying to hijack a vessel off the East African coast. Cmdr John Harbour said the men had to be released because the crew of the cargo vessel refused to give evidence. The suspected pirates were allegedly part of a [...]
South Korean navy pursues hijacked oil tanker
A South Korean navy warship is in pursuit of a huge oil tanker, hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The 300,000-tonne Samho Dream, which was on its way from Iraq to the United States, has 24 crew on board, and is loaded with crude oil. Reports suggest [...]