Month: April 2011

  • Riverine Readiness

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    Nigerians have long honed their riverine combat skills and in the spirit of multilateral collaboration and cross-border cooperation—both these are being passed on to the Sengalese armed forces. As part […]

  • China’s Military Gets Expeditionary

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    In the fifth in our series on understanding Asia-Pacific sea power, we look at the PLA’s growing expeditionary capabilities and its greater implications. This is the fifth entry in our […]

  • India Takes Fight to Pirates

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    With the rising threat of piracy, India has an opportunity to show it’s able to step up as a co-operative regional and potential global power. In September 2008, a registered […]

  • Prosecuting Suspected Pirates

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    The following notes to assist readers in understanding the difficulties faced by EU NAVFOR in the fight against piracy: Once suspected pirates are detained, and as EU NAVFOR has no […]

  • Ship Safe

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    Further to reports that a Korean-owned container vessel may have been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, officials in Seoul have reported that the 75,000-ton “Hanjin Tianjin” is […]

  • Pirates Freed

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    EUNAVFOR has released 18 suspected pirates that had been detained by the Finnish warship “FNS POHJANMAA” since the 6 April. They were released after requests to a number of states, […]

  • Going In

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    Foreign naval forces launched an attack on Somali pirates near their base in the town of Hobyo that left at least four dead and six wounded, witnesses and pirates said […]

  • MV Rosalia D’Amato Pirated

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    Early morning on 21 April, the Bulk Carrier MV ROSALIA D’AMATO was pirated approximately 350NM South East of Salalah, Oman, in the Indian Ocean. The 74,500 tonne Italian flagged and owned […]

  • Big Problem

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    The U.S. State Department does not want to see “guns-for-hire” on the high seas. The prospect of having armed security guards ward off pirates presents a number of legal problems, according […]

  • Cash Calls

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    The UN’s Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia is close to financial collapse, and the shipping industry is being called on to […]

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