TT Club PR: Annual cargo theft report indicates significant new trends
The report, which reflects whole year data from 2020 compiled by leading international transport and logistics insurer, TT Club, and global provider of supply chain intelligence, BSI, highlights significant new trends in risks both regionally and globally.
Teresa Stevens Story
Teresa has spent a great deal of her life before inventing Guardian in the catering industry so had little experience of the shipping world. Teresa became interested in anti-piracy issues after reading an article in the press in 2011. She awoke one Sunday morning with an idea of how to prevent pirates boarding ships transiting the HRA’s of the world’s oceans.
Teresa explained her idea to husband David, an engineer who then spent the rest of the day building a...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/24/teresa-stevens-story/
ReCAAP ISC today issued an Incident Alert (01/2021) on incidents against ships in the eastbound lane of Singapore Strait:
Dryad Global has announced the appointment of Teresa Peacock as its first non-executive director.
“I am incredibly excited to be joining the Dryad Global team in this role, bringing my passion and drive for ensuring diversity across the maritime industry’s workforce. Our industry’s people help keep the world turning, and in a truly diverse workplace, productivity and success thrives.”
Teresa Peacock is currently Managing Director at Spinnaker Global and a member of the Maritime UK’s...
Situation of Piracy and Sea Robbery in Asia for November 2020
Summary of Situation of Piracy and Sea Robbery in Asia in November 2020
ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre today issued the November 2020 Report as well as an accompanying set of presentation slides on the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia
-In November 2020, 11 incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia
-No piracy incident was reporteWith these incidents, the total number of incidents from...
Volatility knocks …again amid explosive Geopolitics and, still, an advancing Coronavirus
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost earlier on today 35 points and now stands at 1,197 at a point when everybody was expecting the re-conquering of the 1,200-point threshold. I hope you are all standby whilst the East Med and its periphery are at foot of war given Turkey’s president erratic behaviour. Coronavirus despite the appearance of the vaccine advances further. John Faraclas’ daily recap:
The...
Pirates are kidnapping more seafarers off West Africa, IMB reports
London and Kuala Lumpur – 14 October 2020
ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas in the first nine months of 2020, with a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea, compared with the same period in 2019. Pirates armed with guns and knives are abducting bigger groups of seafarers at further distances off
the West African coast.
IMB’s...
The Beirut blast shook the maritime world like never before. The already pandemic hit the maritime industry is gasping to deal with maritime regulations and legal issues arising of the incident. Dr. Habib Al Mulla of the Baker McKenzie legal firm wrote to CNN about this maritime fraud.
Here’s how he analyzed it as published in an article in Lexology
Increase in Maritime Fraud IncidentsThe horrific explosion that recently took place at the port of the city of Beirut is a tragedy for its people....
https://mfame.guru/how-maritime-fraud-legal-loophole-fostered-the-beirut-blast/
Situation of Piracy and Sea Robbery in Asia for July 2020
ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre today released the monthly report for July 2020 on the situation of piracy and sea robbery in Asia. T
The following are highlights of the report. Please download the report and accompanying situation slides from the ReCAAP ISC website.
Overview
o Of the six incidents, one was a piracy incident and five were armed...
Crew kidnappings surge in seas off West Africa, IMB reports
London and Kuala Lumpur – 15/7/2020
Violent attacks against ships and their crews have risen in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom since January, reveals the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest piracy report. The Gulf of Guinea off West Africa is increasingly dangerous for commercial shipping, accounting for just over 90% of maritime kidnappings worldwide. Meanwhile ship hijackings are at their...