Month: July 2015

  • Australian Navy Seizes $1.7bn in Drugs

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    HMAS Newcastle seizes more heroin. Australian Navy Seizes $1.7bn in Drugs In its sixth successful haul in eight weeks, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Newcastle seized 139kg of heroin, with an estimated […]

  • Sierra Leone commissions five new boats

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    New boats will boost regional security. Sierra Leone Maritime Authority (SLMA) commissions five new boats The Sierra Leone Maritime Authority (SLMA) through the Ministry of Transportation and Aviation on Tuesday […]

  • Japan to join Malabar full time?

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    Japan could become a permanent participant in the U.S.-India-led Malabar naval exercises. Will Japan Become a Permanent Part of US-India-led Naval Exercise? By Ankit Panda Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) will likely be […]

  • 12 migrants drown, 500 rescued

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    More migrant deaths in the Med. 12 migrants drown, 500 rescued in Mediterranean off Libya Twelve migrants died on Thursday when their overcrowded rubber dinghy sank off the coast of […]

  • Ships warned away from Ras Lanuf

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    Ships in danger if they approach. Libya’s recognised govt warns tankers away from Ras Lanuf port BY AHMED ELUMAMI Libyan security forces guarding the country’s major Ras Lanuf oil port […]

  • The EU Maritime Security Strategy

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    The EU should be a global player. The EU Maritime Security Strategy Written by European Values Lennart Landman (Netherlands Institute of International Relations – Clingendael) For Europe, the sea has been […]

  • Somalia takes Kenya case to UN

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    Natural resources at heart of issue. Somalia to Present Case at UN Court in Maritime Spat With Kenya by Mohamed Sheikh Nor Somalia, which has mainland Africa’s longest coastline, plans to […]

  • Japan extends Somali patrols

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    Mission extended into 2016. Japan: MSDF anti-piracy mission off Somalia extended another year The government added another year to the Maritime Self-Defense Force mission to protect commercial vessels from pirate […]

  • Are PMSCs the answer for the Med?

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    The question is being asked… Faced with migrants and terrorists is private security the answer for Med shipping? By Charlie Bartlett from London As if it is not enough for […]

  • EUNAVFOR Commander: Piracy suppressed

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    Good news for shipping, bad news for pirates. EUNAVFOR Commander: Piracy suppressed off Somalia With the mandates for EUNAVFOR’s Operation Atalanta and NATO’s Operation Ocean Shield both due to expire […]

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