Month: February 2016

  • USA and Indo fight IUU fishing

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    A new strategic partnership to improve marine law enforcement and combat illegal fishing in Indonesia builds on existing progress. Indonesia and US join forces to police the seas Johnny Langenheim […]

  • No anti-piracy patrol for SA

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    Mozambique Channel unprotected. No ship currently on station for Operation Copper Written by Kim Helfrich Operation Copper, the South African Development Community (SADC) counter-piracy tasking led by South Africa, has […]

  • Delta fishermen fury

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    Bayelsa and Rivers plan bloody attack on armed foreign fishing trawlers. Vincent Ehiabhi Local fishermen living in the coastal communities of the Niger Delta region have planned to launch a […]

  • International Port Security Conference

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    The SMi Group is proud to announce the 7th annual International Port Security Conference. The event will be held in London on the 1st and 2nd of June 2016.   […]

  • Exercise Cutlass Express 2016 commences

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    Cutlass Express scenarios will test watchstanders’ ability to respond to illicit trafficking, piracy, illegal fishing, and search and rescue situations. Exercise Cutlass Express 2016 commences Maritime forces from eastern Africa, […]

  • South Africa’s counter-piracy operation

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    Cooperation is key. An insight into South Africa’s counter-piracy operation Written by Kim Helfrich In a candid assessment of South Africa’s commitment to a continued presence in the Mozambique Channel […]

  • Japan and the S China Sea

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    Boosting Tokyo’s presence is key to regional security. Why the South China Sea Needs Japan’s Navy Takuya Shimodaira Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, the Japan Maritime […]

  • US warship sails near disputed island

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    Finger wagging from China. South China Sea: US warship sails near disputed island A US warship has sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea to challenge efforts […]

  • MMEA steps up surveillance

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    As TPP looms closer, MMEA prepares for doubling of ships on Msian sea routes BY ZAHRATULHAYAT MAT ARIF KAJANG: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is gearing up ahead of […]

  • Terrorists hijack tanker

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    Report has not been confirmed by IMB or other agencies. Terrorists hijacked tanker off Nigeria Terrorists in support of Biafra agitation hijacked foreign tanker off Bakassi Peninsula Nigeria coastal line. […]

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