Month: January 2015

  • Personnel Recovery: The Risk of Cuts

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    Spending cuts could ultimately cost lives. Personnel Recovery: The Risk of Cutting “Insurance” Cover By Andrew Drwiega, International Bureau Chief With the reduction in general defense spending now slicing capability from […]

  • Russia to Continue Anti-Piracy Mission

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    Convoy escorts and patrols to continue.  Russian Navy to Continue Anti-Piracy Mission off Coast of Somalia Warships and support vessels of Russian Navy will continue to perform tasks to prevent […]

  • Iran foils another pirate attack…

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    Another claim by Iranian media… Navy Foils Pirate Attack on Iranian Oil Tanker The Navy’s 32nd fleet of warships thwarted a pirate attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the […]

  • Nigeria: over 50 pirate attacks in one State

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    Maritime crime and robbery continues to cause concern. MWUN Records Over 50 Sea Pirate Activities In Rivers No fewer than 50 sea pirates operations were recorded within the territorial waters […]

  • 1 dead, 2 injured in tanker bombing

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    Libyan militia fighting claims victims. At least one dead, two injured in Libya Aegean tanker bombing By Charlie Bartlett from London Aegean Oil tanker Araevo has been bombed by an unidentified fighter aircraft […]

  • Mauritius takes delivery of OPV

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    First Indian-built OPV delivered. Mauritius receives Indian offshore patrol vessel India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) have handed over to Mauritius a 1 300 tonne offshore patrol vessel, three […]

  • Traffickers made $3m

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    Criminals charged between $4,000 to $8,000 per head. EU migration: Traffickers ‘made $3m’ on ship to Italy Police in Italy believe traffickers made some $3m (£1.9m; €2.5m) from 359 illegal […]

  • India destroys suspect terror boat

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    Ship believed to be carrying explosives. How NTRO, Coast Guard stopped explosive-laden Pak ship A timely intercept by the National Technical Research Organisation, and its well coordinated operation with the Coast […]

  • Nigerian Navy frees captives

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    Two men allegedly kidnapped by colleagues. Navy frees two abducted expatriates in Delta by THEOPHILUS ONOJEGHEN Nigerian Navy has rescued two foreign shipping experts working with a Panamanian vessel, ‘MT Equinox’, […]

  • Malacca Strait rampant with pirates

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    Call to bolster regional security.  Malacca Strait rampant with pirates Nani Afrida Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu has emphasized the importance of securing the Malacca Strait not only from illegal fishing […]

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