2017 In Review: Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean
2017 saw a range of maritime security incidents within the Indian Ocean HRA and the highest levels of piratical activity since 2012, including the...
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2017 In Review: Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
Piracy in Nigerian Waters 45 attacks by armed pirates on commercial shipping and oil industry support vessels were reported from the region during the...
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Maritime Crime: South America
Maritime crime continues to effect vessels operating in South American waters and much of it is likely to have gone unreported. For the calendar...
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Maritime Security Operation off the Somali Coast and Suqutra Gap
UKMTO NOTICE 001/SEP/2017 1. Category: NOTICE 2. Description: Combined Task Force 151, Focused Operation 14 to 28 Sept 2017 A Maritime Security Operation will...
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“Standardisation of the maritime intelligence industry needed now” – Dryad Maritime leads the way.
As it relaunches to mark its 10 year anniversary Dryad Maritime is today, Wednesday 13th September, calling on the maritime industry to develop a...
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Venezuela in Crisis: Impact on Maritime Crime
With Venezuela in the midst of economic and political crisis, we examine the impact on maritime crime in the region. A sustained period of...
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Is NATO right to conclude Operation Ocean Shield?
With NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield concluded and naval forces withdrawing from the Indian Ocean, we examine the impact this could have to Somali piracy....
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Security Advice for the Mandeb Strait
Words: Mike Edey, Dryad’s Head of Operations During the evening of Sunday 9 October, it is alleged that two missiles, fired from Yemen,...
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2016 Hurricane Season: Update
We are now into September and the hurricane season is in full swing with three major storm systems currently affecting US waters (Hermine in...
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Safe Travels? Mont St Michel and the Sea Marshals
Author: Ian Millen, Chief Operating Officer, Dryad Maritime Last week witnessed a highly publicised maritime security exercise with the cross-channel ferry, Mont St Michel,...
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Superyacht Security Advice for Captains, Managers And Owners
How does superyacht security advice differ from that provided to commercial maritime clients? What are the biggest challenges facing superyacht captains, managers and owners...
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Sirte And The Future Of ISIS In Libya
On 11 June 2016, Libyan militia aligned to the UN-backed unity government took control of much of the city of Sirte after fierce fighting...
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Mathematics vs. Meteorologists
Last month, the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation concluded a two-week hearing into the disappearance of the Tote-operated MV El Faro, which...
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2016 Hurricane Season: What Can We Expect?
June 1st marks the traditional start to the hurricane season in the North Atlantic, with tropical storms normally appearing in the Eastern Pacific from...
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Ever Changing Weather Patterns For Mariners
January 2016 has started with two significant and rare tropical storms both of which are out of season. These developments provide a clear indication...
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Is Somali piracy on the rise again?
On Saturday 28 November, an Iranian fishing vessel escaped from Somali pirates after a gun battle that claimed the lives of several pirates and...
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De-escalation from armed guarding? views from the CEO
At London International Shipping Week in September, I listened intently to Admiral Chris Parry Royal Navy – a retired naval officer and analyst; Admiral...
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Maritime Supply Chain Security
Foreword by Ian Millen, Chief Operating Officer – Dryad Maritime I would like to highlight the below article, a good piece of analysis looking...
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BMP4 HRA Revision – Pragmatic Decision or Dangerous Gamble?
Today’s announcement on the geographical reduction of the BMP4 High Risk Area comes at a crucial time in the ongoing work against Somali piracy....
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MT Joaquim and the continuing troubles off the Malaysian Peninsula
The recent hijacking of MT Joaquim on Saturday 8th August in the Malacca Strait has provided yet another timely reminder of the current risks...
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Hong Kong sulphur cap: impacts and differences
In January this year I posted my view on the “then new” IMO global regulation affecting ships operating within published Emission Control Areas (ECAs)...
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Yemen: No Port In a Decisive Storm
This morning it was widely reported that vessels were being turned away from Yemen’s Red Sea ports, resulting in a number of P&I clubs,...
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Stowaways: the hidden truth?
Following issue of the IMO’s statistics for stowaways in 2014, Dryad’s Head of Operations, Mike Edey, discusses the challenges of accurate reporting when so...
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Combating Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
Foreword by Ian Millen, Chief Operating Officer – Dryad Maritime I would like to highlight the below article, which is as good an overall...
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Beyond Piracy – the CSO’s dilemma?
As we enter 2015 the good news is that Somali based piracy appears to be contained by the good work of the shipping industry,...
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New ECA sulphur cap: implications for shipping
On 10th October 2008, under MARPOL Annex VI, the IMO adopted the policy that with effect from the beginning of this year the sulphur...
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Araevo – What Went Wrong?
During the evening of Sunday 4 January, the Liberian flagged tanker Araevo was in its final approaches to Derna, having been chartered by the...
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Today’s Value of Anti-Piracy Measures – Postscript
After posting the blog on 27 August further details of the attack on 26 August 2014 became known. In this specific case, the attack...
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Today’s Value of Anti-Piracy Measures
Two recent attacks in the Gulf of Guinea have highlighted the value of prepared crews and the correct implementation of anti-piracy measures. Last night...
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TRAGEDY IN TILBURY
This discovery of 35 Afghani Sikhs in a shipping container in the port of Tilbury, UK, has sent shockwaves through the British media, as...
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