Maritime crime in Nigeria is alive and well
Risk Intelligence releases its annual analysis and forecast of the maritime security situation in Nigeria.
Nigerian piracy has not declined in 2011; it has merely moved elsewhere, according to analysis by the Denmark-based maritime security intelligence company Risk Intelligence.
For 2011, Risk Intelligence has recorded 70 Nigeria-related attacks against offshore oil & gas and against maritime targets – up from 58 attacks recorded for 2010. Nigerian criminals began to focus on product tankers in December 2010, when they attacked the Italian tanker VALLE DI CORDOBA off Cotonou. In 2011, they have attacked 30 tankers off Lagos, Lomé, and Cotonou and two more off the Niger Delta.
See the right hand side for the assessment.
New MaRisk tools will be launched 6 December 2011
Weather and optional voyage planning now included
New tools
MaRisk will soon be updated with new tools and functionalities.
- Weather overlay: Show weather forecast data directly on the MaRisk map
- Datum: Shows likely Somali pirate group attack ranges
- Distance tool: Measure distances on the map
- Report functionality: Send or download an overview of incidents in a given time-span
- Voyage planner: Plot, share and import vessel routes
Piracy beyond Somalia: the Cotonou tanker attacks
Millennium Gloucester Hotel
Director of consultancy Dirk Steffen presented on the Cotonou/Lome/Lagos tanker attacks at the Tanker Safety Conference and described how these were part of a larger system connected to illegal bunkering.
Sponsor for Vedbęk Havnedag 21 August 2011
Risk Intelligence sponsors local event
Risk Intelligence sponsors the local event Vedbæk Havnedag on Sunday 21 August 2011. The event on the Vedbæk Marina connects local organisations, businesses and other for a day of activities in and around the harbour and marina.
With its focus on maritime security and its location 100m from the marina, Risk Intelligence has found it natural to support this excellent initiative.
During the day Risk Intelligence will have an exhibition stand to explain about our activities.
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Containing Piracy at the Horn of Africa: Effectiveness of Naval and Shipping Counter-Piracy Measures
University of Hamburg (Hiob Ludolf Centre)
The Hiob Ludolf Centre at The Afrika Institut of the University of Hamburg organised a conference on "Piracy Off Somalia: Origins, Current Dynamics and Global Ramifications" 13 July 2011.
Director of Consultancy Dirk Steffen gave a presentation about the impact that naval measures and merchant marine self-protection measures have on preventing hijackings; what works well and what does not and the prospects for defending against Somali piracy at sea.
At the same event Associate Senior Analyst Dr. Stig Jarle Hansen also gave a presentation.