Month: February 2018

  • Pirates injure two

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    Attack on the ST Marseille is just the latest in a string of incidents. Two Guards Injured in Pirate Attack Off Benin On Tuesday, the government of Luxembourg reported that the product […]

  • Shipping’s WAF worries

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    Busy start to the year in West Africa. Gulf of Guinea piracy evolving, crew on moving vessels ‘easiest targets’ by Jamey Bergman With more than 100 incidents of piracy in […]

  • New boats for Kenya

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    ‘Metal Sharks’ to be used to stop Al Shabaab entering Kenyan waters. US delivers final boats to Kenya Navy to bolster marine patrols By JOSEPH MURAYA NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 – […]

  • Missing tanker found

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    Vessel tried to flee MMEA, reports suggest. Indonesian navy finds missing tanker KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The tanker MT Pratama 128 that was missing since Sunday has been found […]

  • No MILAN for Maldives

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    Ongoing unrest in country blamed. Maldives declines invitation for MILAN exercises Dinakar Peri Maldives has declined an invitation to join the MILAN series of multilateral exercises hosted by Indian in March […]

  • Pirates or Abu Sayyaf?

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    Attackers motives not yet determined. Cops seek to determine if kidnap group was involved in trawler shooting By Muguntan Vanar KOTA KINABALU: Sabah police are trying to ascertain if a kidnap […]

  • Malaysia pirate hunt

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    Authorities pursue hijackers. Malaysian coastguard hunts two alleged Indonesian pirates Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ANTARA News) – The Malaysian Coastguard is hunting two alleged Indonesian nationals, who hijacked and robbed a […]

  • CG for Kenya?

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    A new CG emerges? Kenya: Bill proposes an armed force to fight terrorism, maritime crime By FRED MUKINDA Kenya could soon have an armed force that will predominantly operate in […]

  • EUNAVFOR confirms attack

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    Alert issued by UKMTO on Friday. EU NAVFOR confirms MT Leopard Sun attacked 160 nautical miles off the central coast of Somalia. On 23rd February at 0030 local time, the Motor […]

  • NL votes for armed guards

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    Armed guards will wear bodycams to ensure correct procedures followed. Dutch MPs give go head to arming the maritime sector against pirates Dutch shipowners with vessels passing regularly through areas […]

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