Category: Security policy

Maritime security as part of the SMM

Maritime security as part of the SMM

Gepostet von | 28 May 2024 | , , | 0

The MS&D (Conference on Maritime Security and Defence) forum will take place during SMM (Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology) from 3 to 6 September 2024. The German Maritime Institute (DMI) is organising this forum in cooperation with Hamburg Messe. Mittler Report Verlag is the exclusive media partner. Maritime security in focus Maritime security, for a long time a specialist area solely the responsibility of naval forces, is omnipresent today. While the Ever Given or Freemantle Highway accidents were accidents, the warlike events in the Black and Red Seas threaten the entire maritime industry. All over the world...

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Shipping companies in the cyber sights

Shipping companies in the cyber sights

Gepostet von | 23 May 2024 | , , | 0

A cyber espionage group originating from China called "Mustang Panda" is alleged to have planted malware to take over computer systems of European shipping companies in Norway, Greece and the Netherlands. "Mustang Panda" has already been accused of espionage against governments and organisations in Asia, Australia and Europe and has used similar malware tools in espionage campaigns in the past. The tools allow the attacker to completely take over a target system and execute their own commands. The information comes from the Slovakian cyber security firm ESET (derived from the Egyptian guardian goddess ISIS) and it, alongside UK and US agencies, warns of a significant cyber security threat from China, particularly to organisations in...

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Shadow boxing: Russia unilaterally shifts Baltic Sea borders?

Shadow boxing: Russia unilaterally shifts Baltic Sea borders?

Gepostet von | 22 May 2024 | , , , | 0

Update 22.05.2024, 21:00 (see below) As several Russian media reported on the afternoon of 21 May, including TASS and Moscow Times, Russia intends to change its maritime borders. And cancels all documents 24 hours later. It is said that Russia intends to declare part of the waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland and areas near the cities of Baltiysk and Zelenogradsk in the Kaliningrad region as its internal waters. To this end, Russia has changed the geographical coordinates that define the baselines from which the width of the Russian territorial sea and the adjacent zone along the coast and islands is measured....

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US Coast Guard checks Chinese fishermen in the South Pacific

US Coast Guard checks Chinese fishermen in the South Pacific

Gepostet von | 22 May 2024 | , , , | 3

After six Chinese fishing boats violated the fishing laws of the Republic of Vanuatu, a group of islands east of Australia, they were inspected by the local police. The special thing about this is that the inspection was carried out from a US Coast Guard ship, which was patrolling the waters of the Pacific island state for the first time. The basis for such 'missions' are bilateral agreements with the USA, the so-called Shiprider Agreement, which allows law enforcement officers of the contracting state to carry out patrols in their territory and in their exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on board US Coast Guard (USCG) vessels. In joint teams, host nation authorities utilise the strength of the US fleet to enforce maritime laws and enforce...

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Baltic Sea: Russian special unit for underwater reconnaissance visits

Baltic Sea: Russian special unit for underwater reconnaissance visits

Gepostet von | 20 May 2024 | , , | 0

Another eye-catching visitor is likely to keep the Baltic Sea neighbours busy. On 13 May 2024, the "Tchusovoy", GS 31 (project 1454), was photographed in the Great Belt by Michael Nitz. In Russian terminology, it is referred to as a 'hydroacoustic reconnaissance vessel', also known as a 'small reconnaissance vessel'. The ship, which displaces 1,700 tonnes and is just under sixty metres long, looks superficially like a Sorum-class ocean-going tug, project 0745P, of which the Russian Navy has 14 units according to Military Balance 2023. On closer inspection, the special design of the stern, which is used to deploy and accommodate its towing sonar, becomes apparent. The special design of the stern as well as the possibility of...

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