Tag: terrorism

Suez Canal Terrorists Attack COSCO Container Ship, attempt to target COSCO ASIA containership failed

Togo added to the JWC s Hull War, Piracy, Terrorism and Related Perils Listed Areas

UK county ship deals with pirates and terrorists

Port Security Advisory (PSA) 1-12 The US Coast Guard (USCG) has just released Port Security Advisory (PSA) 1-12 concerning the modification of conditions of entry on vessels arriving from ports not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures.Specifically, the USCG has determined that the Republic of Yemen is not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures in some of its ports. The ports in the Republic of Yemen that have been found to have effective anti-terrorism measures and have therefore been exempted from taking additional security measures are listed in paragraph B in the Port Security Advisory (PSA).Actions required as listed in paragraphs C and D of this Port Security Advisory take effect for vessels that arrive in the United States on or after September 18, 2012, after visiting certain ports in the Republic of Yemen as one of their last five ports of call.The PSA can be found here.The Department for Homeland Security has also released Docket No. USCG-2012-0279 'Notification of the Imposition of Conditions of Entry for Certain Vessels Arriving to the United States', which can be accessed here.The Federal Register's website can be accessed here.Source: USCG

Indian Ocean is being used to transport weapons for terrorist groups The United States says the Indian Ocean is being used to transport weapons for terrorist groups.Deputy U.S Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asian Affairs Robert M. Scher told a conference in the Sri Lankan southern city of Galle on Monday that the Indian Ocean has also become a transit hub for proliferaters.He was attending a maritime security conference in Galle which also has participants from several other countries including China, India and Singapore apart from the hosts Sri Lanka."There are also more actors engaged in the Indian Ocean than ever before. These include nation states both in and outside the region, many of whom that are developing increasingly capable militaries. As a result, the U.S. is taking a renewed look at how this region affects us and how we can best address our interests," the U.S. Embassy in Colombo quoted Scher as saying.He said that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction across the Indian Ocean region is another challenge that threatens to undermine the peace and stability of the region.Source: Xinhua

The team aims to find out if there is any possibility of terrorist links A joint investigation team of the Indian Navy, Coast Guard and state marine police is interrogating the 16 crewmembers of a Bangladeshi vessel that had sneaked into Balasore coast. The team aims to find out if there is any possibility of terrorist links.Two days after the Bangladeshi vessel's 16 crewmembers were taken into custody, the joint investigation has begun laying emphasis on "subversive and terror" angles. "The possibility of their links with terrorist organizations cannot be ruled out at the moment," said an official source. "The investigation has so far remained inconclusive. The arrested Bangladeshis are being subjected to intense questioning and interrogation as some clues have come out which indicate that they had trespassed into country's coastal zone with malicious intent.As the versions being given by the Bangladeshi crews vary from that of one another, investigators doubt the motive of their infiltration," said Shantanu Kumar Das, nodal officer, coastal security wing of the state police. No arms and ammunition were recovered from the seized foreign vessel. But there is a distinct possibility that they might have dumped the cache into the sea before the Coast ...