Pre-emptive strikes by naval forces, the deployment of private armed guards and protective measures by ships helped to almost halve...
Articles by Jonathan Saul

The cruise ship disaster off Italy’s coast is drawing fresh scrutiny to the gaps in international safety rules and standards...
Germany plans to lobby other European Union countries to allow the deployment of private armed guards on their merchant ships...
There is no immediate prospect of Libya being removed from a list of areas deemed high risk by London’s marine...
London’s marine insurance market has added Benin to a list of areas deemed high risk due to an escalation of...
Maritime security firms have come together to create a code of conduct and ethics, prompted by alarm over the rising...
London’s marine insurance market has added Libya to a list of areas deemed high risk as violence escalates in Africa’s...

Insuring ships against piracy could become more expensive and subject to tighter conditions after the hijacking this week of oil...
Suspected Somali pirates captured a U.S.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million worth of crude oil in the Indian Ocean on...

No direct threat to ships passing through the strategic Suez Canal waterway exists at the moment, despite unrest in Egypt,...