Month: March 2014

  • Fire-fighting Training For Djibouti

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    On 22nd and 23rd March, ten officers from the Djiboutian Navy and four from the Coast Guard participated in a fire-fighting exercise and weapon handling training that were organised jointly […]

  • Italian Navy rescue thousands of migrants

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    The Italian navy says more than 4,000 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily in the past four days. Italian Navy rescue thousands […]

  • North Korea steps up missile launches

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    North Korea has test fired dozens of short-range rockets in the past 24 hours, the South’s military says, in an apparent show of anger with Seoul. North Korea steps up […]

  • US returns rogue oil tanker to Libya

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    The US says it has returned the rogue oil tanker Morning Glory to the Libyan government. The North Korea-flagged ship had been loaded at a rebel-held port and evaded a naval […]

  • UK sends Royal Navy ship to join search for missing plane

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    The UK is to send a Royal Navy coastal survey ship to join the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. HMS Echo, currently in the Indian Ocean, will make its […]

  • Handover Ceremony

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    On Wednesday 19 March the outgoing XVIII Contingent held a Transfer of Authority (TOA) ceremony with the XIX team to hand over their counter-piracy duties. The ceremony took place at […]

  • Bail hope for former British servicemen held in India

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    The partner of a former British serviceman detained in India says she is “hopeful” he will be released soon. They have been in jail since October, with a decision on their […]

  • Naval bases seized in Crimea

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    Ukraine is drawing up plans to withdraw its soldiers and their families from Crimea. Earlier, pro-Russian forces seized two naval bases – including Ukraine navy’s HQ – in Crimea.  Ukraine crisis: […]

  • Sanctions on illicit crude oil exports

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    The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution condemning attempts to illicitly export crude oil from Libya and imposing sanctions on vessels involved in such efforts. Security Council imposes sanctions […]

  • More than 2,000 migrants

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    Italian authorities say they have rescued more than 2,000 illegal migrants, many from North Africa, off Sicily’s coast in the past 48 hours. More than 2,000 migrants rescued off Italy […]

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