GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Doha Maritime Defence Exhibition

    Combined Maritime Forces was well represented at the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference 2014, where both the Commander and Deputy Commander spoke to delegates about maritime security and […]

  • Farewell to MV Caroline Scan

    After two and a half years protecting the WFP ship, MV Caroline Scan, from pirate attack off the coast of Somalia, the EU Naval Force has bid the vessel and […]

  • Special Encounter

    It’s not every day that passengers on board a civilian cruise liner would get so close to a warship on operations that they could wave to each other, but this […]

  • CMF shares its ‘story’ with delegates at UNODC conference

    A delegation from the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) attended the 57th session of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) between 18 and […]

  • Joint exercise

    The Republic of Korea Ship (ROKS) Kang Gam Chan, took part in a joint exercise with EU NAVFOR’s flag ship French Ship (FS) Siroco. ROKS Kang Gam Chan carries out […]

  • Singapore Ship joins CMF mission

    The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has deployed a task group in support of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf for the fifth time. Republic of Singapore […]

  • Exercises At Sea In Gulf Of Aden

    On Saturday 15 March, EU Naval Force French Flagship, FS Siroco, and South Korean destroyer, ROKS Kang Gam Chan met at sea in the Gulf of Aden to conduct a […]

  • CMF Ship Seizes Cannabis Resin

    Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship, Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Darwin, has seized and destroyed more than three tonnes of cannabis resin. CMF Ship Seizes Cannabis Resin after High Speed […]

  • 31st SHADE conference held in Bahrain

    The 31st counter piracy Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (SHADE) conference was held in Manama, Bahrain, on 11 March. 31st SHADE conference held in Bahrain The 31st counter piracy Shared Awareness […]

  • UN agency urges international action

    With 44 people missing and feared drowned after a smugglers’ boat capsized off the coast of southern Yemen, the UN refugee agency today urged the donor community and civil society […]