Areas of Risk

  • UKMTO Red Sea guidance

    In the wake of recent approaches and attacks off Yemen, guidance is updated. Guidance On Transits Through The Bab El Mandeb and Associated Waters UKMTO operating from Dubai, has issued […]

  • Maritime cyber security

    The recent NotPetya malware attack, which affected Maersk in the shipping sector as well as a large number of other firms, has served as a wake up call to the […]

  • NGO threatened in Med

    Threats made to NGO group off Libya. ‘Next time you will be targeted’: Libyan coast guard threatens migrant rescue ship Nick Miller London: A Spanish aid group rescuing migrants in the […]

  • SE Asia tensions continue

    Escalation in region shows no slow down. China’s military will hold live-fire exercises off Korean Peninsula to send ‘message’ to the US and North Korea Sarah Zheng Chinese naval forces […]

  • Sri Lanka arrests fishermen

    Illegal fishing a huge regional issue. 50 Indian fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy COLOMBO: Nearly 50 Indian fishermen were arrested today by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in […]

  • MMEA seizes ship

    MMEA intercepts illegal cargo. Ship with cargo worth millions seized off Miri BY STEPHEN THEN MIRI: Authorities here have seized a cargo ship on suspicion of illegally transporting heavy equipment, trucks, […]

  • Hostage’s family call for help

    Men abducted at the end of July. Moroccan sailor’s family calls for intervention over kidnap by Nigerian pirates The family of a Moroccan merchant navy officer abducted by Nigerian pirates […]

  • Iran rattles sabres again

    Denies behaving “irresponsibly” in Gulf. Iran will respond to any transgression in Persian Gulf: Commander Iran’s chief Armed Forces spokesman says the Iranian Navy will give a response to any […]

  • New Indian coastal force

    According to the home ministry, the force would be under the control of the central government and named Coastal Border Police Force. Government plans to raise a police force to […]

  • Qatar buys new warships

    Boost for Qatari maritime security. Qatar to buy $5.9 billion worth of warships from Italy by SHABINA S. KHATRI Qatar has agreed to buy seven navy ships from Italy at […]