Month: August 2015

  • Pakistan takes command of CTF 150

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    Very successful deployment for France. After a four month deployment at sea, France hands over the helm of CTF 150 to Pakistan On July 30, France transferred command of Combined […]

  • Maritime power politicking

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    Is Africa being left behind? ISS: In the game of maritime power politicking, is Africa the biggest loser? Written by ISS Africa Diminutive Djibouti seems set to become dangerously overcrowded: […]

  • India, Mozambique discuss marsec

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    Indian moves to unite IOR region. India, Mozambique discuss boosting maritime security cooperation India and Mozambique on Wednesday discussed ways to intensify cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy and defence […]

  • Port of Aden reopens

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    No news on when commercial traffic can enter. Port of Aden reopens following damage from Yemen war The Port of Aden in southern Yemen is back in business just days after […]

  • The sinking of the Canadian Navy

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    A maritime nation has let its naval fleet fall apart. Here’s how a once-proud force fell into such an embarrassing state of disrepair. The sinking of the Canadian Navy Scott […]

  • US Navy plans railguns, lasers on ships by 2020

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    Laser to be upgraded from 30Kw to 100Kw. US Navy plans to upgrade powerful railguns, laser weapons on ships by 2020 By Darwin Malicdem The United States Navy is taking the […]

  • Firm charged over payment linked to N. Korea arms cargo

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    Cargo included two MiG-21 jet fighters, anti-tank rockets as well as SA-2 and SA-3 Russian surface-to-air missile systems Firm charged over payment linked to N. Korea arms cargo Elena Chong […]

  • Govt’s Culpability in Crude Oil Theft

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    2014 report highlighted scale of problem. Govt’s Culpability in Crude Oil Theft The recent ban on 113 vessels from Nigerian territorial waters by President Muhammadu Buhari, is an indication that […]

  • 14th new vessel for Indian Coast Guard

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    Six more Fast Patrol Vessels due. Cochin Shipyard delivers fourteenth FPV to the Indian Coast Guard ahead of schedule CSL delivered the fourteenth of the series of twenty Fast Patrol […]

  • Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot?

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    Call for enhanced security in the Singapore Straits. Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot? Sam Bateman A recent piece by Elliot Brennan (Southeast Asia: Here be Pirates) misrepresents […]

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