GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Dutch VBSS team heads home

    Team completes six-month deployment. Dutch Boarding Team Heads For Home After Successful Deployment With Operation Atalanta off the Coast of Somalia On Thursday 4 June 2015, a Dutch Marine boarding […]

  • Pakistan Navy “fully capable”

    Address made to staff course. Pn staff course: ‘Navy is fully capable to defend seafronts’ Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah said Pakistan Navy “is well equipped” and […]

  • US Navy receives third MLP ship

    A new Mobile Landing Platform ship has been delivered to the U.S. Navy. Navy receives third MLP ship from GenDyn NASSCO SAN DIEGO, June 16 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy’s third […]

  • Shipping routes change in IOR

    Military fears complacency setting in. Changes in shipping routes and speed as piracy declines in the Western Indian Ocean With the decline of piracy incidents in the Western Indian Ocean, […]

  • PMSC wins right to protect French ships

    Prorisk International given green light to protect French merchant ships. PMSC wins right to protect French ships During the commission of the 12th of June 2015 presided by the SGMER, […]

  • EUCAP Nestor training prosecutors

    Even co-hosted by Djibouti. EUCAP Nestor training prosecutors From June 14 to 15th, EUCAP Nestor organized the Fourth Regional Conference for Prosecutors dealing with Piracy and other Maritime Crime. The […]

  • MSDF continue vessel escorts

    Over 613 convoys since 2009. Japan escorts 15 commercial ships off Somalia in May Hisane Masaki Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) vessels escorted 15 commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden […]

  • CMF in huge heroin haul

    Numerous boardings lead to huge drug seizures. Combined Task Force 150 seizes 981kg of Heroin off East Coast of Africa with a street value of over USD625m After several weeks […]

  • Plenty of phish in the sea

    Shipping industry again warned of cyber threat. Plenty of phish in the sea Advancement in broadband technologies and the move towards ‘Big Data’ will leave the maritime industry vulnerable to […]

  • Powers back Asean-led security plan

    Facing the challenge of a rising China. Big powers back Asean-led security plan It has taken several years for ASEAN and its dialogue partners to come up with good security […]