Piracy and Terrorism

Experience & local knowledge ease refugee aid effort

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Saturday, March 26, 2022

Experience and local knowledge ease refugee aid effort
Monaco resident Arthur Reynolds has had one foot in Hungary for 30 years, having bought tracts of farmland in the east of the country to plant apple trees. Usually, at this time of year…

Monaco performers come together in support of Ukraine
The Principality’s cultural icons are showing practical support for Ukraine with a series of events from which all proceeds will go to the Monaco Red Cross…

Ru...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/26/experience-local-knowledge-ease-refugee-aid-effort/

Who pays the damage with energy? WTI now at US$ 97.12…

Who pays the damage with energy? WTI now at US$ 97.12…

John Faraclas

by John Faraclas

The Ukrainian mess which is boiling ever since the annexation of Crimea will not only cost thousands of lives, (already 15,000 have died in the two eastern provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk) but poverty too as the majority of the public in many places all over Planet Ocean and especially in Europe cannot afford these prices… Mind me, back in spring 2008 we witnessed US$ 147… so, now can we see this level or even...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/24/who-pays-the-damage-with-energy-wti-now-at-us-97-12/

Piracy has decreased in 2021 but the threat remains

Piracy has decreased in 2021 but the threat remains

According to the annual piracy report published recently by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB), piracy and armed robbery at sea last year has reached an all-time low since 1994. But the threat remains.

The report shows that in 2021, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre recorded a total of 132 incidents against ships. Out of these, 115 vessels were boarded, 11 were attempted attacks, 5 vessels were fired upon and 1 vessel was hijacked.

“The...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/01/piracy-has-decreased-in-2021-but-the-threat-remains/

The BDI@1,764: skyfall or …business as usual with Geopolitics and Covid about to create havoc

The BDI@1,764: skyfall or …business as usual with Geopolitics and Covid about to create havoc

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 109 points since yesterday and now reads 1,764 points; it also lost 525 points since last Friday the 7th of January when it stood at 2,289 points. Plenty of Geopolitical mess all over Planet Ocean whilst Covid, unfortunately makes waves. John Faraclas’ daily and weekly recap:

The Capes lost 250 points and now the BCI stands at 1,496 points; on a weekly basis...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/14/the-bdi1764-skyfall-or-business-as-usual-with-geopolitics-and-covid-about-to-create-havoc/

Mess expected on all fronts during 2022

Mess expected on all fronts during 2022

by John Faraclas

If 2021 was a year of reset and another annus horribilis, 2022 will be even worse and we shall see adjustments on all fronts. Ultra-caution should be observed by all for what humanity and specifically business interests will witness.

Our predictions were proven verbatim right for 2021, whether on business – shipping market’s uncertainty with a rollercoaster BDI; geopolitics – clash of superpowers in all sectors and fronts, particularly on...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/01/11/mess-expected-on-all-fronts-during-2022/

Professor addresses unthinkable, terror in Monaco…

Professor addresses unthinkable, terror in Monaco… 

Good Morning Monaco – Thursday, October 28, 2021

Professor addresses the unthinkable – terror in Monaco

Gilles Kepel, a political scientist who specialises in terrorism, spoke in Monaco on Monday night about terror threats on the Riviera.

Princess Charlene set to return within weeks

After many months away from her husband and children, Princess Charlene could return to the Principality soon.

Larvotto’s beach new restaurants named
New businesses are...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/28/professor-addresses-unthinkable-terror-in-monaco/

Coronavirus figures more encouraging…

Coronavirus figures more encouraging…

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Monaco‘s coronavirus figures more encouraging

While five Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, October 26, ten residents were declared fully-recovered.

Monaco agents in anti-terror training

Two agents of the GPSI (Protection, Surveillance and Intervention Group) of Monaco’s Public Security have just completed an internship at the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/27/coronavirus-figures-more-encouraging/

Gulf of Guinea Declaration

Gulf of Guinea Declaration

On September 17, the Black Sea Law Company joined the signing of the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on the Suppression of Piracy.

The problem of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has been growing over the last decade. Cases of piracy and violence continue to be the focus of the maritime industry in 2021. More than 200 nautical miles from pirate bases, mostly located in the Niger Delta, are the largest number of attacks on seafarers.

In a report published 9 June 2021, the United...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/21/gulf-of-guinea-declaration/

Afghaniscam

Afghaniscam

by John Faraclas

John Faraclas

My first “encounter” with Afghanistan took place during my first year in Anargyrios and Corgialenios College of Spetses in 1964 – 1965 during a speech delivered at the English Club by one of our English teachers, Mr. R. Thompson. It left me with many questions and prompted me to study this country given also the success there by Alexander The Great who occupied that region / country in 17 and a half days and nights following relentless attacks…

A very much...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/20/afghaniscam/

Free tests continue…

Free tests continue… 

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco – Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Free coronavirus tests continue

Despite an announcement in mid-July that PCR coronavirus tests will no longer be offered free of charge from August 15, Monegasques and residents can continue to avail themselves of this service…

After Afghan rout, Macron makes noises

In an appeal that seems as certain to fall on deaf ears as a US appeal for the Taliban to be tolerant,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/17/free-tests-continue/

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