SafeSeas is a network of researchers who investigate maritime security. Our focus is on issues of security at sea, ocean governance and ‘blue crimes’. SafeSeas produces original research, commentary and guidance for policy makers and practitioners on security governance, capacity building and regional cooperation in the maritime environment.

News

The UK Government will launch its new National Strategy for Maritime Security (NSMS) at the University of Bristol on 9 June
Maritime Security in Ghana: The next steps
SafeSeas’ quoted in Defence Committee report on Operation Isotrope
Sending in the Royal Navy is not the answer to small boat migration in the Channel (The Conversation)
Panel – Towards a ‘blue’ criminology: How should we study transnational organised crime at sea?
SafeSeas submits joint evidence to ‘International Relations and Defence Committee’
Maritime Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea: Ghana’s Actual Maritime Crime Picture
Policy brief – Negotiating Capacity Building: The case of maritime security projects in Ghana
SafeSeas visits UK’s Joint Maritime Security Centre
Event – Trading Waste: The UK Ghana Route and the Illicit E Waste Economy
New report: MAPPING THE ILLICIT E-WASTE TRADE BETWEEN THE UK AND GHANA
New report – ‘What we know about maritime environmental crime’
AMARIS holds Interpretation Workshop
Routes, Cables and Spills: New research project on ocean infrastructures
Policy brief – “Simplifying Complexities: Interagency Coordination in Ghana’s Maritime Security Governance”
Is there a role for the E3 in maritime security in the Indo-Pacific?
Challenges for Shipping discussed in Al Jazeera Inside Story
Event – Securing the Subsea Data Cable Network: Time to rethink?
SafeSeas research discussed at major maritime security forums
SafeSeas comment – “Jersey fishing dispute: why the UK sent in the navy and how to resolve the spat”

Commentaries

Projects

TOCAS

The Transnational Organised Crime at Sea (TOCAS) project investigates different expressions of blue crime and the responses to it in the Indo-Pacific. It compiles an Evidence Base on blue crimes and studies the responses on a regional level.

AMARIS

The Analyzing Maritime Security in Ghana (AMARIS) project studies blue crime, maritime security governance and capacity building in Ghana. It was launched in 2020.

UKMARSEC

Our most recent project investigates the maritime security of the UK and the consequences of Brexit.

Capacity Building

The primary goal of this project was to identify best practices for maritime security capacity building drawing on the experiences in the Western Indian Ocean. The project ran from 2017 to 2018. Its main outcome was a best practice toolkit.

Working Papers

SafeSeas publishes initial research results and forthcoming articles as working papers.