ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore and marine industries, has released the ABS Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements, as guidance for improved safety on offshore vessels and installations as well...

Drug traffickers performed a multi-stage cyber attack over a two year period at the port of Antwerp, which shows the risks shipping IT systems are open to according to maritime security and IT specialists.

Sierra-Leone-flagged Seaman Guard Ohio, operated by Virginia Private Maritime Security firm Advanfort, is under investigation by Indian Police after it was allegedly found in Indian waters with 30 unauthorised firearms on board.

Egyptian authorities have arrested three men for firing on Cosco Asia in an unsuccessful attack on the boxship in the Suez Canal on Saturday.

Despite being on the front line for a sharp decline in successful hijackings in the Gulf of Aden, the use of armed guards has divided the opinions of the maritime industry, governments, and the UN.

G4S, a private security company, has been given a new contract with Tangier Med Port Authority and Tangier Med Special Agency.

Protection Vessels International (PVI), part of Protection Group International and the world’s leading provider of private maritime security services, said today that it welcomed new, tighter accreditation criteria for Private Maritime Security...

A new Code of Conduct concerned with piracy prevention in Central and West Africa has been formally adopted by 22 signatory states, drawing praise from IMO secretary-general Koji Sekimizu.

The latest technical innovation causing a headache for the shipping industry is social media, and according to many its impact on shipping could be the greatest of all technical developments. Implementation required no timetable, no political...

The UAE's Jebel Ali Port is first in the Middle East to achieve United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) Certification - considered the benchmark for security management systems.