Month: September 2014

  • Sri Lanka, China sign marsec deal

    Deal to enhance security and cooperation.  Sri Lanka, China clinches defence cooperation and maritime security deal Sri Lanka and China on Tuesday clinched defence and maritime security cooperation deal with Colombo […]

  • Iranian Navy thwarts pirate attack

    Iranian Navy claim to have seen off pirates in Gulf of Aden. Iranian Warships Repel Pirates’ Attacks on Chinese Cargo Ship in High Seas TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy warships rescued […]

  • Albedo Survivors Helped by their Govt.

    Former MV Albedo hostages receiving financial help. Bangladeshi Albedo Survivors Helped by their Govt. By Joseph R. Fonseca Yesterday, 16th September 2014, Chirag Bahri, MPHRP’s Regional Director for South Asia, […]

  • Enhance security, promote Blue Economy

    Maritime security is a key element for the ocean economy to grow Enhance maritime security to promote Blue Economy Seychelles and Mauritius, two islands in the Indian Ocean with a […]

  • US set to join ReCAAP

    America to become 20th member of ReCAAP. Look out, Asian pirates: US set to enter the fight Ted Kemp In a sign of how seriously the United States is taking […]

  • SHADE meeting opens in Bahrain

    Naval forces and NGOs meet to discuss piracy threat.  Delegates meet to discuss the international counter-piracy effort Representatives from around the world have come together in Bahrain to discuss the […]

  • Coast Guard Intercepts Drug Smugglers

    Coast Guard interdicts 3 suspected smugglers and over a ton of marijuana off California coast Coast Guard Intercepts Drug Smugglers LOS ANGELES – Three Mexican national men are facing federal […]

  • Call for free navigation in S China Sea

    Deal signed to provide patrol vessels for Vietnam. India, Vietnam call for ‘free navigation’ in S China Sea Written by Abantika Ghosh India and Vietnam sent out a stern message […]

  • Nigeria: Onne port is still not safe

    ISPS code: Onne port is still not safe — Capt Omotesho Tokunbo Oloke A former Consultant to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on maritime, Captain Abiodun Omotesho, has bemoaned the […]

  • Trip to focus on maritime security

    West Philippine Sea security to be discussed. PNoy’s USA trip to focus on maritime security, economy by Adrian Ayalin ANILA – President Benigno Aquino III will highlight the issue of […]