GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Turning the Tide

    Andrew J. Shapiro of the US State Department discusses the significant progress made in combating piracy off the coast of Somalia Turning the Tide on Somali Piracy   Remarks by Andrew […]

  • Russia seeking to deploy reconnaissance aircraft to Djibouti

    Russia is seeking to base two Ilyushin Il-38 maritime surveillance aircraft to Djibouti in support of its anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. A number of nations base anti-piracy […]

  • Cyclone Nilam: Missing Sailors

    Rescue operations are under way in India’s southern city of Chennai to find five sailors missing from an oil tanker that ran aground in a cyclone. Coast guard helicopters and […]

  • Cutlass Express 2012 Kicks Off

    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (NNS) — Sailors and civilian maritime professionals from eight nations officially kicked-off exercise Cutlass Express 2012-2 (CE12-2) during pre-sail conferences in Djibouti, Djibouti; Port Louis, Mauritius; […]

  • Suspected pirates en-route to Spain

    Spanish Navy Takes Custody Of Suspected Somali Pirates. On 24 October 2012, 120 nautical miles southwest of Socotra, the EU Naval Force ship ESPS Castilla took custody of six suspected […]

  • Meeting Somalis

    EU Naval Force Meets Somali Fishing Representatives and Elders on ITS San Giusto On Monday, 29 October 2012, the Force Commander of the EU Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta […]

  • Interview with Commander McKnight

    U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Terence E. “Terry” McKnight was the pioneering U.S. Commander of Task Force 151 off the coast of Somalia and is the author of the new […]

  • Indian Fishermen Arrested

    KARACHI, Oct 30: The Maritime Security Agency has arrested 20 Indian fishermen and seized their 14 boats for fishing in Pakistani waters late Monday evening and handed over them to […]

  • Yachts Remain Vulnerable to Pirates

    Intelligence from the NATO Shipping Centre (NSC), the Maritime Security Centre for the Horn of Africa (MSCHOA), UK Maritime and other agencies remains clear; that all sailing yachts should avoid […]

  • Montecristo Hijack Trial

    MSR’s correspondent in Italy Enzo Mangini continues to report from Rome on the first piracy trial in modern Italian judicial history. The Montecristo Hijack Trial By Enzo Mangini, Maritime Security […]