GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Trilateral Cooperation

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    The second meeting on Trilateral Cooperation on Maritime Security among India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives was held in Colombo on July 8-9.  Meeting on trilateral cooperation on maritime security […]

  • Biding Their Time

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    “Somali pirates are ‘sleeping’, they have not gone away”, said Mary Harper, BBC Africa Editor, who has reported widely on events in the region. Somali Pirates are Biding Their Time […]

  • A very British export

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    Sri Lanka was the stated destination for military items worth more than £3m in just three months last year, used protecting shipping from Somali pirates. A very British export: guns […]

  • Somali Refugees Return

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    With parts of Somalia showing signs of increasing stability, countries hosting Somali refugees are considering the potential to encourage them to return. In Somalia, UN official spotlights plight of refugees […]

  • MV Albedo Lifeboats Sighted

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    During the aerial search, EU Naval Force Maritime Patrol Aircraft sighted two life boats on a Somali beach approximately 14 miles north of the Albedo.  UPDATE – MV Albedo Lifeboats […]

  • Three Somalis convicted of murder

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    Three Somalis were convicted of piracy, kidnapping and murder in the 2011 shooting deaths of four Americans sailing in the Indian Ocean off of Oman. Three Somalis convicted of piracy, […]

  • Not a drop to drink

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    The power of water can be seen first hand as one of HMS Kent’s high speed boats makes an approach to a dhow and offers a litre of fresh cold […]

  • CTF 150: Operations in the Bab El Mandeb Strait Continues

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    Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) operations continue in the southern Red Sea, Bab el Mandeb strait and Gulf of Aden, some of the most frequented waters in the world. […]

  • 5th Fleet PC Force grows to eight ships

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    Patrol coastal ships USS Tempest, USS Squall and USS Thunderbolt arrived in Bahrain July 3, as part of a realignment that will see a total of eight PCs permanently stationed […]

  • HMCS Toronto intercepts narcotics at sea

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    Deployed under the command of CTF 150, HMCS Toronto successfully disrupted 239 kilos of hashish and 10 kilos of heroin in the Red Sea as part of ongoing counter terrorism […]

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