Areas of Risk

  • Nigeria’s huge freight cost loss

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    Huge scale of cost revealed. Nigeria Loses $6bn Freight Cost Yearly to Maritime Piracy By Eromosele Abiodun The federal government is losing $6 billion on freight cost yearly to piracy […]

  • Somali pirate attack

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    Pirates fire on merchant vessel. Attack repelled by ship’s armed security team. According to an alert released by UKMTO on October 16th, a merchant vessel was attacked by pirates off […]

  • CMF and Pakistan meet

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    Information sharing and cooperation explored. Commander of Combined Task Force 150 discusses interoperability with Pakistan Commodore Hassan Alsharani of the Royal Saudi Navy and Commander of CTF150, CMF’s counter-terrorist force […]

  • IUU fishing shootout

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    Illegal fishing rapidly being recognised as a huge issue. Shootout At Sea: Dominican ‘Poachers’ Held After Exchanging Fire With Rbdf Vessel DOMINICAN poachers engaged the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in […]

  • Curfew in Esszone extended

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    A not unexpected move. Curfew in Esszone extended The curfew order in the waters of seven districts in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone) which ends today (Saturday) has been extended […]

  • Tanker crew rescued

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    Fuel leak forces evac. 12 rescued from fuel tanker off coast of Oman Muscat: Twelve people have been rescued from a fuel tanker off the coast of Salalah, the National Centre […]

  • IRGC weekly reminder

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    Iran’s weekly pot-stirring exercise. IRGC-Army Naval Cooperation to Guarantee Security: Iranian Commander The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy praised the powerful presence of the Iranian Armed Forces […]

  • NIMASA’s vow

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    Still no news on the MV Glarus hostates… NIMASA vows to secure waterways Posted By: Oluwakemi Dauda The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) will secure the nation’s territorial waters, […]

  • Still droning on

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    Welcome to the future… BHP Deploys Drones to Speed Port Operations Mining and energy giant BHP Billiton is trialing the use of drones to speed up its port operations. The […]

  • Black market oil

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    The higher the barrel price, the higher the crime rate. Oil’s $133 Billion Black Market By Yale Global Oil is still the world’s leading energy source, with growing demand, a fluctuating […]

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