EU Maritime Security Factsheet: The Gulf of Guinea

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Published on Monday, 01 March 2021 15:55
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Bruxelles, 25/01/2021 - 11:57, UNIQUE ID: 181022_1
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The Gulf of Guinea is a vast and diverse region stretching from Senegal to Angola, covering approximately 6,000 km of coastline. It is an important shipping zone transporting oil and gas, as well as goods to and from central and southern Africa. On any one day there are around 1,500 fishing vessels, tankers, and cargo ships navigating its waters. Piracy, armed robbery at sea, kidnapping of seafarers, illegal fishing, smuggling and trafficking, and transnational organised crime pose a major threat to maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and ultimately to the economic development of the entire region. The EU Maritime Security Strategy Action Plan as well as the EU Gulf of Guinea Strategy and Action

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The Future is Unmanned

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Published on Monday, 01 March 2021 07:53
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Why the Navy should build unmanned fighters as well as unmanned vessels

 

Back to the future: the X-47B unmanned fighter prototype aboard the carrier USS George H.W. Bush, 2013 (USN)

BY CIMSEC 02-28-2021 08:02:00

[By Trevor Phillips-Levine, Dylan Phillips-Levine, and Walker D. Mills]

In August 2020, USNI News reported that the Navy had “initiated work to develop its first new carrier-based fighter in almost 20 years.” While the F-35C Lightning II will still be in production for many years, the Navy needs to have another fighter ready to replace the bulk of the F/A-18E/F/G Super Hornets and Growlers by the mid-2030s. This new program will design that aircraft. While this is an important development, it will be to the Navy’s detriment if the Next Generation Air Dominance

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Nautilus Federation urges for global vaccination programme for seafarers

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Published on Sunday, 28 February 2021 05:13
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Nautilus Federation urges for global vaccination programme for seafarers

The Nautilus Federation urged governments and global organisations to establish a worldwide vaccination programme for seafarers and inland waterways transport crew.

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SEAFARERS | 25/02/21

The Federation unions believe that the crew change crisis could be addressed by an international attempt to vaccinate maritime and shipping professionals. An international effort would als ensure that seafarers do not miss out on vaccinations while travelling for work.

The joint statement notes that vaccination policies and authorisations by government agencies are different in many jurisdictions, with some vaccines not considered suitable by particular countries.

For this reason, it calls for seafarers who receive a vaccine outside of their country of domicile to only be given one

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Fallece por Covid-19 en el Negrín un oficial de la Armada del buque oceanográfico 'Hespérides'

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Published on Sunday, 28 February 2021 18:02
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El buque tuvo que cancelar su participación en la campaña Antártica por un brote de coronavirus y permaneció 24 días en cuarentena en el Puerto de La Luz

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El buque oceanográfico 'Hespérides', y una foto de Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez

El sargento primero de la Armada Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez, de 43 años y perteneciente a la dotación del Buque de Investigación Oceanográfica 'Hespérides', ha fallecido este sábado por Covid-19, tras semanas ingresado en el Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín.

Así lo ha informado el Ministerio de Defensa a través de la cuenta oficial de Twitter, desde donde han dado el pésame a familiares y amigos y han mandado "todo el cariño" a la dotación del Hespérides.

 

"Descanse en Paz el sargento primero de la Armada,

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Bizarre Cases of Food Poisoning on Three Different Ships

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Published on Saturday, 27 February 2021 08:03
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Male in the Maldives assisted the first crew to fall ill (Maldies Ports Limited photo)

BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 

02-23-2021 10:29:00

Three ships operating in different parts of the world are all reporting cases of food poisoning among their crew. At least two crew members have died while others have been transferred from their ships and hospitalized. It might be coincidental or an outbreak of the more common norovirus, a common gastrointestinal disease, but it rarely causes deaths.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Maldives reported the first cases at the beginning of February. A 22,641 dwt Thai bulk carrier, the Lanna Nare, was sailing from Australia to Sri Lanka on a voyage that was continuing to San Juan, Puerto Rico with a crew of 18 on

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