Areas of Risk

  • Celebes Sea Cooperation

    What models can Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines follow for their new trilateral maritime cooperation? A Quest for Best Practices: Trilateral Cooperation on Maritime Security in the Celebes Sea By […]

  • Iran incident sees officer fired

    Commander relieved of duties. Navy fires officer in charge of sailors detained in Iran By Barbara Starr The U.S. Navy officer who oversaw the 10 sailors captured and briefly detained […]

  • More Delta attacks

    Delta violence continues. Four Pirates, Two Traders Die In Gun Duel Posted by Fyneface Aaron Operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) of Operation Pulo Shield (OPS) have killed six unknown gunmen in […]

  • EU migrant mission failure

    Frankly, we are not surprised… EU mission ‘failing’ to disrupt people-smuggling from Libya The EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling in the central Mediterranean is failing to achieve its […]

  • Delta militants issue threat

    Group issues warning on their website. Congrats to all Strikes Team of the Niger Delta Avengers From the high command of the Niger Delta Avengers we congratulating all strike teams […]

  • EUNAVFOR MED Holds SHADE – MED

    Migrants under the spotlight. Shared Awareness and De-Confliction in the Mediterranean – SHADE-MED Meeting 12/13 May SHARED Awareness and De-confliction in the Mediterranean (SHADE MED) is a forum where representatives from […]

  • Pirates free hostage

    Indian hostage released. Engineer kidnapped by pirates in Nigeria rescued NEW DELHI: Santosh Bharadwaj, an engineer working with a Singapore based shipping company, has been freed by pirates in Nigeria […]

  • Abu Sayyaf release 4 hostages

    Militant group frees hostages. Abu Sayyafs release 4 Indonesian hostages The four Indonesian sailors who were seized by Abu Sayyaf bandits off Semporna, Sabah, were released Wednesday in the province […]

  • Joint patrols green lit

    Moves to suppress militant attack. Joint maritime security cooperation in force soon KUALA LUMPUR: The joint security control cooperation in maritime areas between Malaysia, Philippine and Indonesia will be implemented […]

  • UK coastal defence force boost

    Coastal concerns over migrants. Theresa May orders shake up of maritime border force amid concerns about unprotected British coast By Peter Dominiczak, political editor and Christopher Hope, chief political correspondent […]