World media is full of news on Danish-owned bulk carrier Nordic Barents to tranzit Northern Passage, Russia, in September this year, as “being the first non-Russian flagged vessel to sail through the Northern Sea Route”.

Why Intertanko, BIMCO, IMO, ITF and other maritime organizations are so hot in pursuing Somali pirates? Are they naïve enough to believe, that

Economic Zones World (EZW) announced that a subsidiary of Russian gas giant, Gazprom Energy, has established a base

The trends in piracy around the Horn of Africa are as follows:

The report adds that it would be “even more efficient for military contingents to be placed on these vessels rather than having warships and their crew shadowing each delivery.

Relatives of the car-carrier Asian Glory published open letter to Her Majesty Queen of the UK, pleading her to do something to ensure vessel will be released as soon as possible. They have very sound reasons to go public, for two

They said Asian Glory attacked boxship MSC Anafi, attack lasted for several hours and was so frightening, that nearly all of the MSC Anafi crew asked for replacement after vessel managed to escape and arrived to Mumbai, vessel is to sail to Dubai and then back to Indian ocean.

I highly doubt, that Russian politicians know what they’re talking about, proposing to create legal mechanism to prosecute Somali piartes. Likewise I doubt anyone offering

The Joint War Committee has recently reviewed the Listed Areas, last altered 25th November 2009, and has agreed the following changes which are incorporated

Nigerian Federal Government is reported to have imposed a curfew on the Lagos waterways

We have Maritime Labour Convention, coming into force in two years, with implementation of this Convention seafarers will be as safe and secure as ever. Hardly so. Let’s look at ITF activities and try to foresee very near future.

17.01.10 16.30 – who they are, those IMO, BIMCO, ITF, ICS, ISF and others? In all my years in maritime journalism I didn’t ever see or read any criticism of any of them. Why?