South East Asia

  • ASEAN, PLAN exercises

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    Cooperation to boost understanding and prevent incidents. China, ASEAN begin joint maritime drills China and Southeast Asian states kicked off their first joint maritime exercises on Monday in an effort […]

  • Fighting IUU fishing

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    Fisheries protection is becoming a serious issue. OOC to Strengthen Indonesia`s Attempt to Fight Illegal Fishing Indonesia`s attempt to encourage maritime cooperation among nations by holding the 2018 Our Ocean […]

  • Taiwan’s CG headache

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    Taiwan is bulking up its coast guard, but the scope of ROC territory necessitates some tough decisions for its commanders. The Taiwan Coast Guard’s South China Sea Challenge Written by Wu […]

  • IMO Focus on Marsec

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    Table-top exercise held. IMO Focus on Maritime Security Maritime security is a key element of International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s work and, over many years, the Organization has developed a number of measures […]

  • 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 […]

  • Esscom smuggling fix?

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    Move to reduce smuggling. Esscom commander supports move to lift ban on barter trade By Poliana Ronnie Sidom SANDAKAN: The state government’s decision to revive the barter trade with neighbouring countries […]

  • ASEAN-China naval drills

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    PH Navy join ASEAN exercises. PH to deploy Bacolod City-class ship in ASEAN-China naval exercise By Priam Nepomuceno The Philippine Navy (PN) will likely deploy one of its two Bacolod […]

  • South China Sea Spices

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    Freedom of navigation transit leads to incident. South China Sea: Chinese ship forces US destroyer off course A Chinese warship has forced an American destroyer to change course in the […]

  • Malaysia KFR concerns

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    Intelligence sharing and mechanism required. Extra ‘power’ needed to tackle piracy, kidnapping issues: Shafie The State Government will need extra “power” to tackle piracy and kidnapping issues to boost security in […]

  • Singapore Navy boost

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    High tech training solution. Singapore Navy Commissions New Vessels, Training Facility The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has commissioned two littoral mission vessels RSS Justice and RSS Indomitable and opened a simulation center for […]

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