In the News

2024

• CNN, Danny Freeman, Largest Crane on East Coast Arrives as Up To 4,000 Tons of Steel Sits on Ship. (29 March 2024)
• CNN, OutFront with Erin Burnett, NTSB Releases New Video From the Point of Impact on Baltimore Bridge (29 March 2024)
• ABC News, Kayna Whitworth, 6 workers presumed dead; Coast Guard suspends search after Baltimore bridge collapse (27 March 2024)
• ABC News, Terry Moran, Understanding what led to Baltimore's bridge collapse (27 March 2024)
• Washington Post, Joel Achenbach, Why investigators are looking into ‘dirty fuel’ in Baltimore bridge collapse (27 March 2024)
• Newsweek, Tom O'Connor, The Houthis Are Making History in the Most Dangerous Way (19 March 2024)
• Lloyd’s List, The Lloyd’s List Podcast, The Lloyd’s List Podcast: How long can Ukraine keep its grain corridor open? (15 March 2024)
• The Maritime Executive, Jamie Jones and Ian Ralby, Op-Ed: Maritime Security Sector Needs to Focus on Fundamentals, Not Tech (11 March 2024)
• CIMSEC: Center for International Maritime Security, Jamie Jones and Ian Ralby, Focus on The Fundamentals: The Siren Song of Technology in Maritime Security (11 March 2024)
• The Washington Post, Jennifer Hassan, Fears of environmental disaster rise as ship sinks after Houthi attack (03 March 2024)
• The Associated Press, Josh Goodman, Oil spill and fertilizer leak from sinking of cargo ship highlight risks to Red Sea from Houthi attacks (02 March 2024)
• The National News, Nada Homsi and Robert Tollast, Stranded ship hit by Houthis has 22,000 tonnes of dangerous fertiliser on board (26 February 2024)
• ABC News, Linsey Davis, Escalating Houthi attacks could affect 90% of world trade (29 February 2024)
• TradeWinds, Eric Priante Martin, ‘Even if we blow everything up, they wouldn’t care’: Houthis push Red Sea battle into a more tense phase (21 February 2024)
• ABC News,  How Red Sea attacks affect the economy (20 February 2024)
• The Blue Security Africa Podcast, Pascaline Alexandre and the Blue Radio Team How Red Sea attacks impact Africa's food security, maritime security and global trade? (20 February 2024)
• The National News, Nada Al Taher, Yemen's Houthis attack bulk carrier in Red Sea, Ambrey says (12 February 2024)
• Share America, Dave Reynolds, Harm ripples from Red Sea shipping attacks (12 February 2024)
• ABC News, Kayna Whitworth, US responds to attacks in Red Sea carried out by Yemen-based Houthi rebels (12 February 2024)
• FRANCE 24 and SIRAJ, Abandoned at Sea, Part 1: Syrian crew stranded for two years at Libyan port (12 February 2024)
• The Hill, Brad Dress and Ellen Mitchell, Are US, Iran already at war? (31 January 2024)
• Federal Maritime Commission, Informal Public Hearing on the Impact of Current Conditions in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Regions (30 January 2024)
• Sky News, Middle East tensions rise after wave of US and UK strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen (30 January 2024)
• CNBC, Lori Ann LaRocco, ‘No shipping, no shopping’: Trade experts warn Congress what more Houthi Red Sea chaos will mean for economy (30 January 2024)
• The Well News, Tom Ramstack, Policy Advisor Warns Against Strong US Military Response in Red Sea (30 January 2024)
• The Maritime Executive, Yemen's Houthi Rebels Claim "Direct Hit" on an "American" Ship (31 January 2024)
• IFC Annual Report and Infographics 2023, IFC team Sharper Analysis Points to More Effective Solutions (30 January 2024)
• US Congress, Subcommittee: Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Menace on the Red Sea: Securing Shipping Against Threats in the Red Sea (30 January 2024)
• The National News, Nada Al Taher Beyond the Headlines: How the Houthis rose to prominence in the Israel-Gaza conflict (12 January 2024)
• Deutsche Welle News, US and UK carry out further strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen (12 January 2024)
• Deutsche Welle News, US redesignates Yemen's Houthi as terror group (17 January 2024)
• Deutsche Welle News, US says it seized Iranian weapons bound for Houthis in Yemen (17 January 2024)
• Deutsche Welle News, Strikes against Houthis are only strengthening them: Ian Ralby, Center for Maritime Strategy (13 January 2024)
• Deutsche Welle News, How airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi rebels could backfire for the Western alliance (13 January 2024)
• Sky News, Yemen's Houthi rebels are not a 'rational actor': Maritime security analyst Ian Ralby tells Sky News (11 January 2024)
• The National News, Nada Al Taher, Red Sea attacks give Houthi rebels a long-sought regional role (11 January 2024)
• WION (World Is One News), Houthis Red Sea attacks: Indian naval chief speaks on piracy attacks in the Red Sea | WION (11 January 2024)
• WION (World Is One News), Vikram Chandra, Red Sea: Houthis defy America's 'final warning'. What's next? | This World (11 January 2024)
• WION (World Is One News), US forces sink ‘Houthi’ boats in Red Sea after attack on Maersk vessel | WION (11 January 2024)

2023

• The New Yorker, Ian Urbina, The Crimes Behind The Seafood You Eat (09 October 2023)
• The National News, Nada AlTaher, FSO Safer saga not over despite oil being offloaded, experts say (09 August 2023)
• MSN, Saqib Rahim, The race to defuse an oil ‘time bomb’ disaster threatening the Red Sea (28 July 2023)
• The National News, Nada AlTaher, FSO Safer oil spill avoided by crew who did 'everything humanly possible' to prevent it (19 July 2023)
• The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Noam Raydan, Salvaging the Safer: The UN’s Plan to Avert Environmental Disaster in Yemen (22 June 2023)

2022

• The National News, James Reinl, UN-Houthi Tanker Salvage Deal Concerns Yemen Maritime Experts (8 March 2022)
• AP News, Joshua Goodman, Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Leaves Global Trade in Tatters (4 March 2022)
• Lloyds List, Declan Bush, UN Says Agreement in Principle Reached to Remove FSO SAFER's Oil (17 Feb 2022)
• Alliance for Science, Blue Economy Seen as Catalyst for Africa's Economic Resurgence (8 Feb 2022)
• Khaleej Times, Anjana Shankar, Abu Dhabi Attack Proves Houthis Want no Peace, Say Experts (18 Jan 2022)
• AP News, Joshua Goodman, Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon Gold Seeps into Supply Chains (13 Jan 2022)

2021

• Defence Web, Maritime momentum in West Africa (20 Dec 2021)
• Defence Web, Drones Offer Extra Eyes in Illegal Fishing Battle (15 Dec 2021)
• Stabroek News, A Turn in the Dark (2 Dec 2021)
• CBC Radio-Canada, As It Happens Red Sea Oil Tanker (15 October 2021)
• The New Yorker, The Ship That Became a Bomb (4 Oct 2021)
• ADF, COVID-19 Changes Face Of Crime (19 July 2021)
• Latin Times, Ex Shell Employees Siphoned Over $150 Million In Gas In Massive Oil Heist Conspiracy (5 Jul 2021)
• BBC, Newsday Rusting oil tanker that threatens environmental disaster (4 June 2021)
• ADF, Cooperation Key in Fight Against Illegal Fishing - Africa Defense Forum (26 May 2021)
• TIME, Joseph Hincks, The Yemen Oil Tanker That Threatens Environmental Disaster | Time (14 May 2021)
• University of Kentucky, Danielle Donham, Henry Clay Center Continues ‘The Craft of Compromise’ Series With 3rd Episode | UKNow (11 May 2021)
• Global Financial Integrity, The Direction of Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported Fishing (27 April 2021)
• ADF, Maritime Momentum - Africa Defense Forum (12 Apr 2021)
• Bloomberg, K Oanh Ha, Javier Blas, Mirette Magdy, and Ann Koh, What Happened to Suez Canal Ship? How a Desert Wind Blew Global Trade Off Course - Bloomberg (27 March 2021)
• Bloomberg, Ann Koh, Kyunghee Park, and K Oanh Ha, Ships Larger Than Three Soccer Fields Show Why Suez Is Blocked - Bloomberg (25 March 2021)
• Financial Times, Nigerian pirates rampage across west African waters (13 March 2021)
• ADF, Illegal Fishing Plays Role in International Smuggling - Africa Defense Forum (17, February 2021)
• Bloomberg, K Oanh Ha, Tycoon’s Downfall Pushes Trapped Seafarers to Hunger Strike - Bloomberg (16 February 2021)
• The National News, Jame Reinl, Yemen pushes UN to salvage oil tanker ‘time bomb’ | The National (12 February 2021)
• The National News, Jame Reinl, US and UK consider military-backed clean-up of Yemen tanker | The National (10 February 2021)
• Liberation, Hala Kodmani, Yémen : un tanker de tous les dangers dans la mer Rouge – Libération ) (4 February 2021)
• The National News, Jame Reinl, Yemen’s Houthis are stalling repairs on rusty tanker, UN says | The National (February 3, 2021)
• Al-Monitor, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Houthi terror designation could set off Yemen’s oil tanker ‘time bomb’ - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East (19 January 2021)
• ABC WTVQ, Henry Clay Center launches new digital series - ABC 36 News (15 January 2021)
• Llyod’s List, Declan Bush, US designates Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group :: Lloyd’s List11 January 2021
• The New York Times, Lara Jakes, U.S. to Declare Yemen’s Houthis a Terrorist Group, Raising Fears of Fueling a Famine - The New York Times (10 January 2021 )

2020

• Middle East Eye, Paul Cochrane, Dubai, Switzerland, London: How the UAE became a smuggling hub for ‘blood gold’ | Middle East Eye (26 December 2020)
• Bloomberg, K. Oanh Ha, What Happens When Tycoons Abandon Their Own Giant Cargo Ships - Bloomberg (17 December 2020)
• The National, Charlotte Leslie, An oil tanker held by Yemen rebels is at risk of poisoning the ocean (4 December 2020)
• The National, Nada Al Taher, Yemen’s ‘floating bomb’ tanker: Millions kept safe by skeleton crew (3 November 2020)
• Forbes, Noam Raydan, Yemen’s FSO SAFER: A Looming Environmental Disaster (28 October 2020)
• News Day 24, How the FSO Safer is an impending danger to the Red Sea and Yemen (22 September 2020)
• Arab News, Saeed Al Batati, How the FSO SAFER is an impending danger to the Red Sea and Yemen (21 September 2020)
• International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Kyra Gurney, US Treasury Department abandoned major money laundering case against Dubai gold company (21 September 2020)
• Associated Press, Joshua Goodman and Scott Smith, Damaged Venezuelan oil tanker drawing international concern (2 September 2020)
• Agence France-Presse, Impasse leaves 'time bomb' oil tanker off Yemen (15 August 2020)
• Le Temps, Luis Lema, Qui va sauver la mer Rouge? (15 August 2020)
• Al-Monitor, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Yemen’s Red Sea 'time bomb’ is a Beirut-like disaster in waiting (12 August 2020)
• The Washington Post, Sudarsan Raghavan, After Beirut, an abandoned Yemeni oil tanker is renewing fears of another disastrous explosion (8 August 2020)
• The Independent, Bel Trew, An oil spill is about to intensify Yemen’s troubles (20 July 2020)
• The Telegraph, Campbell MacDiarmid, How a decaying oil tanker became a 'massive floating bomb' risking millions of lives in Yemen (18 July 2020)
• Forbes, Dominic Dudley, Will The World Act To Save Stricken Yemen Oil Tanker And Avert Environmental Disaster? (17 July 2020)
• The New York Times, Rick Gladstone, As if Yemen Needed More Woes, a Decrepit Oil Tanker Threatens Disaster (17 July 2020)
• The Weather Channel, Ron Brackett, Decaying Oil Tanker off Yemen Is 'Looming Environmental, Economic and Humanitarian Catastrophe,' UN Official Warns (16 July 2020)
• France 24, Dubai (AFP), UN to hold crisis talks as decaying Yemen tanker risks disaster (12 July 2020)
• San Antonio Express-News, James Osborne, Can fuel theft be stopped once and for all? (18 May 2020)
• Open Democracy, Chris Baraniuk, Yemen's Deadly Ghost Ship (18 Feb. 2020)
• Reuters, Aradhana Aravindan & Roslan Khasawneh, Piracy Spike in Singapore Strait Prompts Calls for Tighter Security (15 Jan. 2020)

2019

• Insurance Marine News, I.R. Consilium reports on FSO Safer, in peril off the coast of Yemen (30 Aug. 2019)
• AFP, Disaster feared if ‘ticking time bomb’ Yemen tanker explodes (28 Aug. 2019)
• Khaleej Times: Anjana Sankar, A ticking time bomb off Yemen coast (25 Aug. 2019)
• Trinidad & Tobago Guardian: Marc de Verteuil, Fishing in the ‘Gulf of Pirates’ (10 Aug. 2019)
• MintPress News: Ahmed Abdulkareem, Prohibiting Maintenance of Tanker Off Yemeni Coast, Saudis Risk Explosion and Environmental Disaster (2 Aug. 2019)
• The Washington Free Beacon: Adam Kredo, Iranian Terrorists Demand $80 Million to Stop Mass Ecological Disaster (1 Aug. 2019)
• Independent: Bel Trew, Millions will go without drinking water if decaying oil tanker explodes (30 Jul. 2019)
• TNI Angkatan Laut: Navy News Today with Owa, Cooperation of Education with US Navy, TNI AL Had a First Navy Flag Officers Course Program (29 Jul. 2019)
• Pantauriau.com, NWC and UNODC Leaders Give Public Lecture at Bakamla Headquarters RI / INDCG-HQ (26 Jul. 2019)
• Wartalika, Important figures of the NWC and UNODC Give Public Lectures at the Bakamla Headquarters (26 Jul. 2019)
• BAKAMLA: Enni: NWC and UNODC Leaders Give Public Lecture at Bakamla Headquarters RI / INDCG-HQ (25 Jul. 2019)
• Bisnis Metro: Yuni, NWC and UNODC Leaders Give Public Lecture at Bakamla Headquarters RI / INDCG-HQ (25 Jul. 2019)
• Gala Media News: Kiki Kurnia, NWC and UNODC Leaders Give Public Lecture at Bakamla Headquarters RI / INDCG-HQ (25 Jul. 2019)
• Daily Star: Lucy Domachowski, Abandoned tanker in Red Sea is ‘ticking bomb’ and could explode at any moment (25 Jul. 2019)
• Visão: Pedro Dias, An abandoned tanker in Yemen is in danger of exploding and creating one of the world’s largest oil spills (25 Jul. 2019)
• PortandTerminal.com, Yemeni Oil Tanker ‘Threatens Environmental Disaster Four Times Worse than Exxon Valdez’ (24 Jul. 2019)
• Zalul Environmental Association, Coral reefs of the Red Sea: The last frontier (2019)
• CNBC: Sam Meredith, ‘Floating bomb’: Decaying oil tanker near Yemen coast could soon explode, experts warn (24 Jul. 2019)
• The Washington Time, Deserted oil tanker in the Red Sea could EXPLODE and dump one million barrels of oil into the ocean, experts warn (24 Jul. 2019)
• The Sun: Neal Baker, ‘Floating Bomb’ Deserted oil tanker in Red Sea could explode and dump one million barrels of oil into ocean, experts warn (24 Jul. 2019)
• Independent: Bel Trew, ‘Ticking time bomb’: Threat of oil tanker explosion could cause one of history’s largest spills (23 Jul. 2019)
• The Maritime Executive: UN Warns of Pollution Risk from Decaying Yemeni FSO (23 Jul. 2019)
• The Guardian: Patrick Wintour, Experts fear deserted oil tanker off Yemen could explode (23 Jul. 2019)
• Fraud Magazine: Anastasia Nazarova, Dark world of oil theft and fraud (Jul./Aug. 2019)
• Nato Defense College: NDC Public Affairs Office, Eighth edition of the Senior Executive Regional Conference (SERC 8) (25 Jun. 2019)
• defenceWeb: Africa Defense Forum, Maritime security the Seychelles way (16 May 2019)
• Oil Price: Tsvetana Paraskove, Houthis Block Access to ‘Floating Bomb’ Oil Tanker Off Yemen (9 May 2019)
• defenceWeb: Africa Defense Forum, Security from coast to coast (3 May 2019)
• NPR Morning Edition: Sarah Gonzalez, Stolen Gasoline Is Smuggled All Over The World, U.N. Says (22 Mar. 2019)
• Safety 4 Sea, Time has come for more effort effort on African maritime security (18 Mar. 2019)
• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: Amber Styles, Pirate Fights & Treasure Hunts: Charting a Unique Career Pathway (25 Feb. 2019)

2018

• The Philippine Star: Mary Grace Padin, SICPA-SGS submits masterplan for fuel marking program (24 Dec. 2018)
• Reuters: Roslan Khasawneh & Fathin Ungku, Scale of theft at Shell’s Singapore refinery much greater, court docs show (14 Dec. 2018)
• Argus Media, Mexico exemplifies growing global fuel theft (7 Nov. 2018)
• YaleGlobal Online: Peri-Khan Aqrawi-Whitcomb, Morgan D. Bazilian & Cyril Widdershoven, The World’s Most Dangerous Black Markets (9 Oct. 2018)
• The Bahamas Weekly: Eric Rose, Minister Dames Touts Government’s Efforts to Secure Maritime Domain, Safeguard National Interest (8 Aug. 2018)
• Manila Bulletin: Chino S. Leyco, Customs may collect P20 B this year from fuel markings (20 May 2018)
• Manila Bulletin: Chino S. Leyco, DOF to implement fuel markings in third quarter (24 May 2018)
• Platts: Brian Scheid, Oil piracy, sanctions busting and petroleum’s black market (21 May 2018)
• Atlantic Council: Global Energy Center, First-ever Global Conference on Oil and Fuel Theft Raises Awareness and Proposes Solutions (2 May 2018)
• Le Temps: Sylvain Besson, Sicpa and SGS stand out in the fight against oil theft (18 Apr. 2018)
• Oil & Gas Journal: Nick Snow, Maritime oil crime is pervasive, requires more attention, forum told (11 Apr. 2018)
• Platts: Brian Scheid & Jeff Mower, Illegal oil, product sea trade not a priority for governments:report  (10 Apr. 2018)
• Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Enhancing Maritime Security (23 Mar. 2018)
• Marine Link: Aiswarya Lakshmi, Africa Develops Solutions for Maritime Security (22 Mar. 2018)
• The Nation: Seychelles hosts high-level forum on maritime security (22 Mar. 2018)
• Marine Link: Aiswarya Lakshmi, Maritime Security Cooperation for Nigeria (19 Mar. 2018)
• Awoko Newspaper: Ophaniel Gooding, Sierra Leone News: Potential of the blue economy mapped out (4 Jan. 2018)

2017

• Concord Times: Patrick Jaiah Kamara, Stakeholders Conclude National Maritime Strategy Confab (15 Dec. 2017)
• Philippines Department of Finance, DOF Expects Fuel Marking Program in Place by Second Semester 2018 (26 Nov. 2017)
• The Daily Tribune: Tribune Wires, Global Expert Lauds RP Fuel Marking Plan (5 June 2017)
• Manila Bulletin: Chino Leyco, A third of PH fuel supply illegal – expert (4 June 2017)
• Forbes: Terry Hallmark, The Murky Underworld of Oil Theft and Diversion (27 May 2017)
• RigZone: Matthew Veazey, Fuel Theft Report Exposes ‘800 Pound Gorilla’ (23 May 2017)
• The Word: (radio), The Mexican Fuel Theft Crisis (5 May 2017)
• Houston Chronicle: Q&A, Gasoline gumshoe is hot on the trail of filched fuel (2 May 2017)
• Daily Mail: AFP, Nigeria cracks down on illicit refineries (23 Apr. 2017)
• Oil & Gas Journal: Nick Snow, Oil products thefts require attention, Atlantic Council report says (11 Apr. 2017)
• St. John’s College, University Cambridge: The great global oil robbery: Johnian’s report reveals international scale of downstream oil theft (27 Mar. 2017)
• The Guardian: Adam Vaughan, Oil theft ‘provides billions for terrorists and drug cartels’  (21 Mar. 2017)
• Khaleej Times: Sophisticated oil thefts threat to all markets, says Dr Ian Ralby (9 Mar. 2017)
• Energy Post:  Karel Beckman & Nehad Ismail, Theft of Refined Oil Products Threatens Global Stability (27 Jan. 2017)
• The What and The Why: Nehad Ismail, Stealing Oil – Hurting People, (19 Jan. 2017)
• African Energy: Atlantic Council Report Highlights Downstream Criminality, (19 Jan. 2017)
• Gates Cambridge Trust: Confronting Downstream Oil Theft, (13 Jan. 2017)