Areas of Risk

  • Navy busts Malacca robbers

    Success against armed robbery gang. Navy busts gang of ship robbers in Malacca Strait The Navy’s Western Fleet Command (Koarmabar) has reported that it has arrested five members of a […]

  • PVI Weekly Piracy Report

    PVI round up the week’s maritime crime news and incidents. Weekly Maritime & Onshore Security Report 11 Nov 2015 Maritime Security High Risk Area (HRA) Somalia: Pirates to plead guilty […]

  • Russia’s giant nuclear torpedo

    Experts divided on validity of leak. Russia reveals giant nuclear torpedo in state TV ‘leak’ The Kremlin says secret plans for a Russian long-range nuclear torpedo – called “Status-6” – […]

  • AoS calls for trafficking action

    Trafficked fishermen issue highlighted. AoS calls for action to tackle trafficking of fishers Apostleship of the Sea’s (AoS) global network has called for concerted effort targeting sea and fishing ports […]

  • Email from Malta

    Thoughts on the EU Summit on Migration. Email from Malta – Opinion Piece On Wednesday, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th Month, I stood alone […]

  • Ports vulnerable to cyber attacks

    Physical strikes are not the only way to shut down a container seaport Ports vulnerable to cyber attacks as well By Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor It should come as scant […]

  • Floating armoury deal pulled

    The Avant Garde investigations are part of a wide probe of allegedly corrupt deals. Sri Lanka scraps security firm’s deals on running floating armories BY SHIHAR ANEEZ Sri Lankan President […]

  • Japanese Ships mark 50th Call to Sri Lanka

    Ships taking part in anti-piracy duties. Japanese Naval Ships mark their 50th Port Call to Sri Lanka The visit of two Japanese naval ships ‘JS Makinami (DD-112)’ and ‘JS Suzunami […]

  • US Marines join Trident Juncture

    Join UK’s Royal Marines for exercise. US Marines join in NATO exercise Trident Juncture Cpl. Kaitlyn Klein U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa Exercise Trident Juncture 15, the largest […]

  • PM witnesses Seaspark exercise

    Seaspark afforded ‘valuable opportunity to enhance combat readiness of Pakistan Navy’. PM witnesses Seaspark exercise in North Arabian Sea KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday witnessed the wide-ranging naval […]