The Liberian Registry has launched a cyber and ship security computer-based training (CBT) programme that provides a comprehensive overview of cyber-security issues, including concepts such as malware, network security, identity theft, risk...

The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) are setting up a security corridor Gulf of Aden and Bab Al Mandeb in response to recent attacks in the region.

A rising incidence of maritime crime with 48 criminal incidents reported in just the first quarter “poses real danger to the maritime industry,” warns UK-based maritime security security specialist MAST (Maritime Asset Security & Training).

With the business world scrambling to understand the impact of US President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) on immigration the West of England P&I Club has circulated advice from its US attorneys on how it could impact shipowners and managers with...

The Minister for Maritime Affairs and Administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) Jorge Barakat Pitty met with the European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, in Brussels to review security measures in passenger vessels, protection...

It appears there is finally some progress, and efforts are being made to solve the piracy problem in the southern Philippines, with Indonesia saying it will finalize this week the concrete form of a joint security cooperation effort to ensure the...

Indonesia is considering deploying sea marshalls onboard coal-exporting tugs and barges as it prioritizes strengthening security for these vulnerable slow-moving vessels that have been hit by a spate of hijackings in the Southern Philippines this...

Among the solutions the Indonesian government is considering to help solve the piracy problem in the waters around Kalimantan and the Southern Philippines is providing bigger barges for coal exports to the Philippines, local reports said.

Maritime piracy and security are not as hot a topic as they were a few years ago, but anyone in the industry who thinks these problems have been solved are deluding themselves.

Piraeus port, one of the world’s largest passenger ports, is ISPS compliant….or is it? With thousands of the 45,000 refugees now stranded in Greece, milling around within the confines of the port’s perimeter, not only impeding the smooth operation...