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Are we sleepwalking back to piracy?
A shift in US foreign policy based both on changes to the threat landscape and improving domestic energy security could lead to an increase in threats to shipping within eighteen months according to David Hunkin of Dryad Maritime Intelligence. With the US strategic focus now firmly fixed on the Asia Pacific region and Iran ‘coming […] » Continue reading
Dryad hosts a select group for an exclusive intelligence briefing
Dryad has just held their first Quarterly Intelligence Breakfast Briefing at the Lloyds Club in London. The first of a series of discrete events, the intelligence company took a small audience into their confidence outlining their detailed analysis and understanding of the hijack of the MT KERALA earlier in the year. Ian Millen, Dryad’s Director […] » Continue reading
Dryad Maritime warns of surge in Gulf of Guinea kidnap incidents
The UK’s leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime, recently issued a special advisory warning all of its shipping clients on the increased threat of crew kidnap in the Gulf of Guinea. Since the issue of Dryad’s warning, two further attacks on vessels have taken place within a single week as two Nigerian-flagged vessels were targeted […] » Continue reading
Leading Maritime Intelligence Provider Appoints Chair
The UK’s leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime has today announced the appointment of Nik Askaroff as Chair, the first appointment of its type at the company. Nik has over 25 years’ experience of growing international businesses and is Chair and Non-Executive member of four other high growth companies. A qualified chartered accountant, Nik’s previous […] » Continue reading
MISSING VESSEL FEARED HIJACKED: NIGERIAN PIRATES LAUNCH MOST SOUTHERN ATTACK TO DATE
Dryad Maritime is warning of the possible hijack of a Liberian flagged tanker MT Kerala. The vessel, owned by Dynacom Tankers, has been reported as missing off the coast of Angola, having last been sighted seven nautical miles NNW of Luanda. The tanker’s disappearance may represent a significant extension of maritime crime emanating from the […] » Continue reading
SOMALI PIRATES LAUNCH AUDACIOUS FIRST ATTACK OF 2014
Hot on the heels of the latest IMB annual report on piracy and maritime crime, heralding a welcome decrease in Somali piracy in 2013, we have the first confirmed piracy attack of 2014. In an audacious and determined attempt south of Salalah in the late hours of 17th January, a Mothership-enabled PAG attacked a transiting […] » Continue reading
As we come to the end of a year in which the spotlight has shifted from one side of Africa to the other, Dryad’s Director of Intelligence, Ian Millen, reflects on the three most talked about areas in maritime crime in 2013. The first thing to note is that the numbers tell us a lot. […] » Continue reading
Raising the quality bar higher – All Dryad R2R PMSCs to be ISO28007 Certified
For many months Dryad has been actively engaged through the Security in Complex Environments Group (SCEG) in raising the professional standards of the maritime security industry and we are delighted to see the role out of ISOPAS28007. We believe this to be a major step forward in raising the quality and professionalism of the industry […] » Continue reading
Dryad Customer Survey Results 2013
Earlier in the year, Dryad conducted its first formal Customer Survey using the Surveymonkey software. We received a far higher response rate than expected (well above normal) and we thank all those who took the time to feedback their comments and thoughts. We are going to build on this initial survey to ensure that we […] » Continue reading
Two vessels attacked in four days indicates resurgence of Somali piracy
Following the attack on a British managed merchant vessel on Friday in the Somali Basin, the UK’s leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime Intelligence has renewed their calls for heightened vigilance, stating that just one successful hijack and holding to ransom of a large merchant vessel could revive Somalia’s maritime criminal infrastructure. The British managed […] » Continue reading