Month: October 2015
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1,000 migrants rescued off Libya
Multiple navies and Coast Guard vessels rescued migrants. More than 1,000 migrants rescued from boats off Libya: Italy coast guard Rescuers plucked more than a thousand migrants from overcrowded boats […]
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Fighting illegal fishing
Can PMSCs help in the fight against IUU fishing? Thunder Road: Outsourcing the Fight Against Illegal Fishing By Claude Berube Sometimes the problem no one admits to has the answer […]
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Risk Intelligence launch port risk tool
Provider offers new risk platform. Risk Intelligence launches port risk tool Girija Shettar Danish maritime security company Risk Intelligence today launched a platform dedicated to analysing and advising on ports […]
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Insight: the enabler of maritime security
Addressing this conundrum of maritime security. Insight: the enabler of maritime security decision making By David Reindorp, a faculty member at the Global Institute of Cyber, Intelligence & Security (GICIS), and […]
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Iran’s navy repels pirate attack
“Attackers” likely to be local fishing boats. Iran’s navy repels pirate attack on Iranian oil tank By Umid Niayesh – Trend: Iran’s navy repelled pirate attacks against an Iranian oil […]
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Pakistan claims HRA success
Pakistan Navy says it remains committed to keep the high seas free from piracy. Navy Helps Pakistan Liberate From Piracy High Risk Area (sic) Salahuddin Haider Karachi—Pakistan Navy has succeeded […]
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Piracy decreases along Saudi coastal areas
Claimed 22 incidents contradicts reports from reporting bodies and naval coalition. Piracy decreases along Saudi coastal areas There has been a significant drop in cases of piracy and distress calls […]
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EUNAVFOR Med ‘needs Libya access’
No arrests or seizures so far. EU anti-migrant smuggler operation ‘needs Libya access’ By AFP Europe’s military operation to seize and destroy boats used by migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean […]
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China media denounce US warship
US push for freedom of navigation irritates China. China media denounce US warship in South China Sea Editorials in Chinese state media have denounced the presence of a US warship […]
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UK defence cuts bite
As ministers consider the latest defence review, it is time to scale down some of the equipment on order. Our Armed Forces need BMWs not Ferraris By Con Coughlin As […]