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Yemeni rebels are putting up fierce resistance in a key Red Sea port #marsec
Yemeni rebels are putting up fierce resistance in a key Red Sea port city where they are encircled by pro-government forces, military and...
ASKET Operations Team
Jan 27, 20171 min read
Floating Armouries Provider to Withdraw Vessels #marsec #piracy #shipping
A recent formal notification by the Floating Armoury service provider, Sovereign Global Services (SGS), states that they will cease to...
ASKET Operations Team
Jan 24, 20171 min read
Mauritius commissions patrol vessel, receives two helicopters #marsec #piracy
Mauritius has commissioned into service its new patrol vessel CGS Victory for the National Coast Guard as well as two Chetak helicopters...
ASKET Operations Team
Jan 18, 20171 min read
#IMB report: Sea kidnappings rise in 2016 despite plummeting global piracy #marsec #piracy #shipping
More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since...
ASKET Operations Team
Jan 11, 20171 min read
Be Cyber Aware at Sea 'Phish & Ships' January Newsletter #cybersecurity #piracy #marsec
“Phish & Ships” is a maritime cyber security newsletter, keeping you up to date with a new industry initiative, “Be Cyber Aware At Sea”....
ASKET Operations Team
Jan 3, 20171 min read
Merchant Vessel Attacked by Rocket off Yemen- 7 Crewman Dead #marsec #terrorism #maritimesecurity
Date 21DEC2016 Location Yemen Type of incidents ATTACK Lat. / Long. 14:29N – 042:25E (Location is approximate) Source(s): Various News...
ASKET Operations Team
Dec 22, 20162 min read
UKMTO MIEVOM Record of Discussion
UKMTO have issued the Record of Discussion from the MIEVOM held on 8 Dec 16 in Dubai. Download here:
ASKET Broking team
Dec 22, 20161 min read
BIMCO Webinar on Weapons End User Certificates
A very useful Webinar about End User Certificates for weapons used by private maritime security companies on board ships including the...
ASKET Broking team
Dec 19, 20161 min read
BIMCO - Security firms’ weapons sharing could put owners in a legal fix
Shipping companies are in danger of prejudicing their insurance cover as documents shed light on ongoing practice and BIMCO voices...
ASKET Operations Team
Dec 14, 20161 min read
Pirates release the SARONIC BREEZE #marsec #piracy
Please be advised that following the Maritime Security Alert for West Africa dated 29 November 2016, the following information has become...
Asket Operations
Nov 30, 20161 min read
UNCTAD: Maritime piracy remains a “moving target”
International Container Insurance 30th November 2016: According to the last issue of UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT -...
ASKET Broking team
Nov 30, 20162 min read
Anti-Piracy Operation Atalanta Mission Extended #marsec
On Friday, the European Council extended Operation Atalanta’s mandate to deter, disrupt and repress acts of piracy off the coast of...
ASKET Operations Team
Nov 29, 20162 min read
Nautilus Seeks Assurance On UK Staying In EU Counter Piracy Force Post Brexit
Nautilus has sought assurances from the UK government that the UK will remain in the European Union Naval Force (EUNavfor) counter-piracy...
ASKET Operations Team
Nov 29, 20162 min read
NATO ends anti-piracy mission - Operation Ocean Shield #marsec #piracy @AsketOperations
BRUSSELS (Reuters) NATO has ended its Indian Ocean counter-piracy mission after a sharp fall in attacks, the alliance said on Wednesday,...
Asket Operations
Nov 26, 20161 min read
ReCAAP ISC warns of increase in crew abduction incidents
The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) is deeply concerned about the situation of abduction of crew from ships while underway in the...
Asket Operations
Nov 23, 20161 min read
theBridge Relaunched!
ASKET are please to announce the return of theBridge; theBRIDGE returns full of energy and enthusiasm and will be published quarterly and...
ASKET Broking team
Nov 23, 20161 min read
International Chamber of Shipping Annual Review 2016 #marsec
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is the principal international trade association for shipowners, concerned with all...
ASKET Broking team
Nov 14, 20162 min read
VDR - Threat to seafarers and maritime shipping by piracy should not be played down - Attack foiled
The German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) once again warns that the threat to shipping posed by pirates has not yet been eliminated. While...
Asket Operations
Nov 9, 20162 min read
German sailors abducted, killed in Philippines: military
Islamic militants who specialise in kidnappings-for-ransom have reported killing a German sailor and abducting her elderly male companion...
Asket Operations
Nov 7, 20162 min read
Terrorist Attack Against Merchant Ship - Yemen Gulf of Aden #marsec
Source: NYA International Following an investigation into the incident against the Spanish registered LNG tanker GALICIA SPIRIT, Teekay...
Asket Operations
Nov 4, 20164 min read
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