Introduction The MV Tasman Spirit, a 1979 vintage, Japanese-built, Malta-registered and Greek-owned crude oil tanker, chartered by the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) on behalf of the National Oil refinery at Korangi, got grounded at…
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Integrated Coastal Zone Management
A UNESCO-sponsored workshop on the subject of Integrated Coastal Area Management was recently organized at Karachi on 13 & 14 May 2011 under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology/National Institute of Oceanography….
Innocent, Non-Innocent And Not-So-Innocent Passage
The right of innocent passage being enjoyed by ships at sea is a subject, which, though lying at the periphery of the maritime security paradigm, keeps nibbling it’s way to the core. The intricacies of…
Piracy through the Pakistani Prism
The release of 16 Pakistani hostages in Somalia through military action by the Danish Navy brought joy to their families and well-wishers. The fate of four other Pakistani crew members, including the Captain, of the…
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International Conference on “Maritime Security Management” held on 08 & 09 March 2011 at Bahria University Karachi Auditorium.
Security of the Maritime Domain – A Global Perspective
Introduction The security of the maritime domain encompasses a field so vast and a feat so daunting that it boggles the imagination. Since a relatively large number of people travel by air as opposed to…
Of Maritime Boundaries, Continental Shelves and a Creek Named Sir
That a dispute by the name of Sir Creek exists is quite well known in the country. What is lesser known is its linkage with our maritime boundary, our exclusive economic zone and our continental…
World Maritime Day 2010
The World Maritime Day 2010 is being celebrated by the International Maritime Organization at it’s headquarters in London on Thursday 23 Sep 2010. Individual governments have been offered the flexibility to celebrate it anytime during…
Somalian Piracy – Bane or Boon?
Piracy at sea has always evoked feelings of romanticism and mystique amongst the land lubbers. It is a realm where fact and fiction mingles effortlessly. The likes of Barbarossa, Henry Morgan, Edward Teach a k…
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National Maritime Seminar on “Sustainable Fisheries” held on 29 & 30 June, 2010 at Bahria University Karachi Auditorium.
