Areas of Risk

  • EUNAVFOR’s anniversary

    Operation Atalanta enjoys birthday cake, writes thank you notes to relatives. European Union Marks Eight Years of Counter-Piracy Commitment to Protect World Food Programme Vessels and Deter Pirate Attacks off […]

  • NATO ends Ocean Shield

    Other regional governments less pleased. NATO ends anti-piracy operation; Seychelles to continue to monitor sea threats By: Patsy Athanase and Sharon Uranie (Seychelles News Agency) – A decade after the […]

  • Kidnapped crew freed

    Group still holds large number of hostages. Abu Sayyaf frees 2 Indonesians, 1 Filipino By Manolo B. Jara MANILA: The Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf terror group released three hostages – […]

  • NATO void leaves concerns

    End of NATO operations causing regional concern. Piracy fears as Nato pulls navy ships from Indian Ocean To the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), time is ripe to withdraw from […]

  • Nigeria’s Delta strategy

    A government investment plan aims to disarm militant groups fighting for a greater share of the Niger Delta’s oil wealth. Nigeria’s $10bn strategy to stem its vast flows of stolen […]

  • Pakistan ups Gwadar security

    New force to protect port. Pak Navy establishes special task force for Gwadar security Pakistan Navy’s special ‘Task Force-88’ (TF-88) was established Tuesday for the maritime security of Gwadar port […]

  • Abu Sayyaf commander slain

    Malaysian PM lauds security forces as the Philippines reports death of Abraham Hamid, accused of kidnapping foreigners. Philippines: Abu Sayyaf commander slain in Malaysia Malaysian security forces have killed a […]

  • New OPVs for Royal Navy

    UK MoD signs £287m contract to build two more OPVs for Royal Navy The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £287m manufacturing and support contract with BAE Systems […]

  • RIP PHIBLEX 2017

    Increased tensions see downsized joint exercise. Philippines curtails military exercises with U.S. By: Jeff Schogol For the first time in 34 years, the U.S. and Philippines will not hold the […]

  • Galle Dialogue summary

    A brief look at some of the key issues explored at the seventh iteration of the Galle Dialogue last month. By Rajni Gamage What Happened at Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security […]