PIRATE ATTACK

On 5 Aug 10 at or about 0048 hrs (local time), a Singapore-registered vessel, VOS Hyperion was underway at position 3.09.10 N 108.24.35E (approximately 27.8 nm northwest of Pulau Subi Besar, Indonesia).

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MEND BREAKS CEASEFIRE

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) rebel group in Nigeria said Saturday it will attack oil industry targets after ending a cease-fire - with obvious implications for shipping.

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MEND MULLS BREAK

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it is reviewing the indefinite ceasefire it announced on October 9, 2009 and that it will make its new position public on January 30.

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WESTERN WARNINGS

Shipping around the coast of West Africa could come under the renewed threat of pirate attack after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) launched an attack on an oil pipeline in the region and issued a release stating that they intended to resume hostilities if dialogue on their demands was not undertaken within a month. Read the rest of this entry »

SECURITY ALERT

Nigeria’s main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has said it will resume attacks on oil and gas facilities when a cease-fire runs out at the end of next week. Read the rest of this entry »

UNDERWATER DETECTIVE

Subsea Tech has delivered last august 4 “Observer” mini ROV to the “Gendarmerie Maritime” (French Coast Guards), 2 for le Havre harbour and 2 for Marseille. Read the rest of this entry »

VERY SPECIAL VESSEL

US Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships recently conducted a training exercise off the coast of South Korea, with DP very much to the fore. Read the rest of this entry »

COO COUP

Training is vitally important to the development of any company, and industry. Showing an appreciation of this, C-MAR Group has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead its training division. Read the rest of this entry »

ON THE MEND

Good news from the Niger Delta, the MEND rebels have declared a 60-day unilateral ceasefire, following the release of insurgent leader Henry Okah. Read the rest of this entry »

WORKING NEAR PIRATES

Piracy issues will top the agenda at the Middle East Workboats conference in the wake of the recent attack on a German cargo vessel the “MV Charelle”, just 60 nautical miles south of Sur in Oman. The hijacking has really opened the eyes of the region’s maritime community to piracy. Read the rest of this entry »