Italy opens terrorism investigation over tanker explosion
Italian prosecutors launched a terrorism investigation into an explosion that damaged an oil tanker anchored off the northern coast of Italy.
Read moreDetailsItalian prosecutors launched a terrorism investigation into an explosion that damaged an oil tanker anchored off the northern coast of Italy.
Read moreDetailsMozambican assembly passed a bill to activate the maritime courts nationwide as part of the country's effort to fight a growing trend of offshore crimes including piracy, illegal fishing, and terrorism.
Read moreDetailsThe new Kenya Navy Base in Manda Bay, Lamu County will greatly boost Kenya’s counter-terrorism efforts while strengthening the country’s ability to secure her maritime domain, crucial to attaining the Blue Economy agenda.
Read moreDetailsSeveral days ago, on 25 February 2021, the UK Maritime Air (MARAIR) Operations team carried out a communications test flight with the NATO Alliance Ground System (AGS) in an effort to boost maritime safety.
Read moreDetailsAccording to the British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed that they hit an Aramco oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the first time the group has reached the company's facilities in that area.
Read moreDetailsFollowing a series of attacks against oil tankers in the Red Sea, the US has classified Yemen’s Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). The designation is under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Read moreDetailsThe US Coast Guard announced that Liberia is now a safe port for vessels to call, as after recent assessments it was observed that the Republic of Liberia is implementing effective terrorism measures.
Read moreDetailsAccording to The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA), the USCG valuates the effectiveness of anti-terrorism measures in foreign ports and provides for the imposition of conditions of entry on vessels arriving to the United States from countries that do not maintain effective anti-terrorism measures. In this context, the USCG has recently issued a Port Security Advisory to provide a list of all ports that do not maintain effective antiterrorism measures, recommending required actions.
Read moreDetailsThe Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen informed that it foiled an imminent terrorist attack against an oil tanker off Yemen's coast, on the Arabian Sea. The attack took place as the tanker was sailing about 90 nautical miles southeast of Nishtun port, Tuesday.
Read moreDetailsSAFETY4SEA remembers the hijacking of the cruise ship ‘Achille Lauro’ in 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian militants who posed as passengers, resulting to the brutal murder of one passenger. The attack lasted only two days but spurred a global concern over the shaping dimensions of maritime terrorism.
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