Month: March 2014

  • 5th Annual International Port Security

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    SMi’s 5th Annual International Port Security addresses the latest developments in port security enforcement focusing on the rise in organised crime within ports, compliance with the ISPS code and new […]

  • Stopping West African piracy is vital

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    To a great extent Europe depends on Russia for its oil and gas. One of the biggest possible alternative suppliers is the Gulf of Guinea, which is thought to have […]

  • Farewell to MV Caroline Scan

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    After two and a half years protecting the WFP ship, MV Caroline Scan, from pirate attack off the coast of Somalia, the EU Naval Force has bid the vessel and […]

  • South China Sea dispute

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    The Philippines has submitted evidence to a UN tribunal hearing its case against China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. Philippines files case to UN in South China Sea […]

  • Special Encounter

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    It’s not every day that passengers on board a civilian cruise liner would get so close to a warship on operations that they could wave to each other, but this […]

  • North and South Korea exchange fire

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    North and South Korea have exchanged fire into the sea across the disputed western sea border after North Korean shells landed in its territorial waters, South Korea says. North and […]

  • CMF shares its ‘story’ with delegates at UNODC conference

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    A delegation from the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) attended the 57th session of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) between 18 and […]

  • UN Security Council condemns North Korea missile launch

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    The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea’s launch of two ballistic missiles and said it was considering an “appropriate response”. UN Security Council condemns North Korea missile launch The […]

  • Maritime Priorities

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    On Wednesday 26 March 2014, European Union Ambassadors met with the President of Puntland, Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, and his Cabinet on board the French EU Naval Force flagship, FS […]

  • MPs ‘concerned’ over defence cuts

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    The crisis in Crimea shows that the UK must maintain both nuclear weapons and armed forces capable of providing a “credible deterrent”, MPs have said. MPs ‘concerned’ over defence cuts […]

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