International shipping lines are being forced to scale back or suspend port calls to Yemen as the conflict gets worse,...
Gulf of Aden News
When it comes to world trade, a 17-day shortcut trumps terror, piracy and now bombs. That’s the time a supertanker...
Dryad Maritime, a UK-based commercial maritime intelligence company, has welcomed the Japanese government’s plans to submit legislation that will permit...
Typhon Maritime Security Service announced the launch of its first marine convoy escort service, designed to enable “ship operators to...

Tougher action by international navies and the use of private armed guards on ships have more than halved the number...
More ship insurers are backing the use of private armed guards on merchant vessels at sea to combat Somali piracy...
A report compiled by David Rider of Neptune Maritime Security points out that, despite the “best efforts of the world’s...
Piracy at sea hit an all-time high in the first three months of 2011, with 142 attacks worldwide, the International...