Themes

The oceans host an increasingly dense assemblage of infrastructures. Energy, data cables, transport, climate mitigation infrastructure. Many of these are essential for contemporary societies. The ocean host a growing range of infrastructures This includes communication cables laid on the ocean floor which provide the basis for contemporary digital connections. Maritime ...

Marine transport is the backbone of the global economy. Since it is the most efficient form of transporting goods, shipping has been substantially expanding. It is estimated that today more than 100,000 merchant vessels sail around the world oceans. Ships have become bigger and bigger. The largest of these ocean ...

One of the key tools to gather the needed knowledge for maritime security is information sharing known as maritime domain awareness (MDA) or maritime situational awareness (MSA). MDA focuses on the broader picture, while MSA on concrete situations and operational needs. Why MDA is important Producing the needed knowledge is ...

Undersea cables are the lifeline of the contemporary global economy. Up to 95% of all data transmissions depends on the cables. This includes financial transactions, emails, cloud storage or video conferencing. Also subsea electricity cables are becoming more important to connect the green economy. Yet, this crucial infrastructure is hardly ...

The negative impacts of maritime insecurities on development, trade and human security are increasingly recognised. What are the effects of current responses to maritime insecurity? How can countries with high levels of maritime insecurity be better supported? To answer these questions, the research project Analyzing Maritime Insecurity in Ghana (AMARIS) ...

Maritime security is of critical importance to the UK. 95 per cent of all UK imports and exports move by sea through over 400 British ports. UK waters host rich fishing grounds, critical infrastructure such as undersea cables, oil rigs and wind farms, as well as seven coastal nuclear power ...

Addressing maritime security and responding to blue crimes has led to various regional mechanisms through which actors aim at coordination, information sharing and mutual learning. In many of the global maritime regions this has led to a significant institutional complexity as well as sometimes fragmentation. SafeSeas researchers study the different ...

Transnational organized crime at sea, known as 'blue crimes' are one of the core issues on the maritime security and ocean governance agenda. What do we know about transnational organized crime at sea? How do such blue crimes manifest, how do they intersect and are related to crime on land? ...

From 2017 to 2018 SafeSeas conducted a detailed study of the experiences in capacity building for maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean. This let to a range of lessons learned and best practices summarised in the best practice toolkit titled "Mastering Maritime Security. Reflexive Capacity Building and the Experience ...