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SAFE SEAS in Pakistan

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SAFE SEAS Principal Investigator Dr. Bueger attended the 7th International Maritime Conference organized by Pakistan’s National Centre for Maritime Policy Research (NCMPR) in Karachi. He gave a presentation on the strategic options for Pakistan to take a leadership role in the Western Indian Ocean region, highlighting the importance of capacity building initiative. During the stay … Read more

SAFE SEAS recruits staff

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SAFE SEAS is currently recruiting a Research Associate at post-doctoral level. The successful candidate will support the principal investigators in running the project and will be in particular responsible for data collection, stakeholder contacts and drafting project publications. The application process closes on February 27th. We will also be recruiting local research assistants based in Djibouti, Kenya, Seychelles and Somalia soon. 

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First Concept Note Published: Introducing the SPIP methodology

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SAFE SEAS Concept Notes outline initial project results. These are work in progress documents that have the primary purpose of serving as consultation and discussion drafts. We have published the first Concept Note titled Maritime Security Capacity Building: Spotting the Gaps. The note discusses which methodologies are available for assessing maritime security sectors. It introduces the … Read more

Maritime Security Capacity Building: Spotting the Gaps.

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This working paper, part of the Capacity Building project, discusses which methodologies are available for assessing maritime security sectors. On this basis it proposes a new methodology the Spaces, Problems, Institutions, Projects framework. Read the paper here.

Safe Seas conducts initial consultation with stakeholders

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As part of its launch phase, Safe Seas conducts consultations with core stakeholders in maritime security capacity building in the Western Indian Ocean region. In December, the Principal Investigator Dr. Bueger visited Mauritius and the Seychelles.  In January 2017 a series of discussions were held with project partners in Kenya and Somalia as well as … Read more

Introducing Safe Seas

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SafeSeas is a pilot project that studies lessons from maritime security capacity building in the Western Indian Ocean. The project compares the ongoing efforts to restructure the maritime security sector in four countries (Djibouti, Kenya, Seychelles, and Somalia). The objective is to develop key guidelines and best practices for the coordination, programming and implementation of … Read more

Maritime Crime in Nigeria and Waters Beyond: A New Dataset, 2009 to 2013

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Lisa Otto, Coventry University In a recent article published in Africa Insight, Lisa Otto puts forward the findings from her analysis of a five-year dataset for maritime crime that she collected and collated for the period 2009 to 2013. Analysis of this data, which was collected by cross-referencing reports from the International Maritime Bureau and the … Read more

From Military Vessel Protection to Private Security Companies: The Italian Anti-piracy Approach

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Eugenio Cusumano, Leiden University The rise of piracy has informed major transformations in Italian maritime security policies. In a recent article in Ocean Development & International Law, Stefano Ruzza and I analyse Italy’s approach to deploy armed vessel protection teams on board of ships. Here I draw attention to a recent shift in Italy’s maritime security … Read more

The Effective Maritime Security Management Model and its Impact on the Organizational Performance of Shipping Companies

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Elena Sadovaya and Vinh Thai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore To enhance maritime security in shipping companies, a number of compulsory and voluntary regulations have been introduced at the beginning of the 21st century. However, besides benefits expected from the implementation of these regulations, they have also had negative impacts. Nevertheless, industry participants had no other … Read more