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Ironside Associates Opens New London Office in time for the 2012 Olympics.

Ironside Associates are pleased to announce the opening of our new office based in London located at 288 Bishopsgate close to Liverpool Street Station. Our new office enables us to support our clients in the London area more efficiently.  It …
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Somali Pirates – is the tide turning

Article for Yachting Matters by Keith Simpson MBE Last year UK PM David Cameron announced that UK registered ships would be allowed to protect themselves from Pirates off the coast of Somalia and the wider Indian Ocean.  On the 23rd …
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2 Indian Fishermen – Shot and killed off the coast of Kollam – Allegedly Mistaken for Pirates by an Italian security detachment

Armed guards on the Italian flagged tanker Enrica Lexie fired at a fishing boat that they allegedly mistook for pirates.  The incident occurred on Wednesday 15th February. The Indian dhow was sailing off the coast of Kollam, near Kerela at …
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NATO’s Operation Shield Naval Forces swooped into action capturing several Somali pirate motherships and disrupting others at a time when their captured vessels are low in numbers

Last week saw a particularly good week for the multi national Naval Task Forces operating throughout the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean regions conducting NATO’s Operation Shield. UK’s RFA Fort Victoria prevented MT Liquid Velvet a captured merchant vessel …
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MT Fairchem Bogey released after five months in captivity

It has been reported that Marshall Islands flagged MT Fairchem Bogey has been released by Somali pirates after five months in captivity. Mumbai based Anglo Eastern Ship Management who refused to comment on any ransom payment used to secure the …
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