Coastguard

  • India offers intel sharing

    Moves to increase domain awareness welcomed. India offers to share real-time maritime data Dinakar Peri India has made an offer to share intelligence of maritime movements in the Indian Ocean […]

  • Seven bodies found off Libya

    Sudden surge in migrant crossing attempts. Seven bodies found in migrant boat off Libya ROME (Reuters) – The bodies of seven migrants were discovered on Wednesday in a boat adrift […]

  • MARAD Nigeria alert

    MARAD issues alert for US ships. Piracy attacks: US warns ships over Nigerian waters By Godwin Oritse The United States of America, through its Maritime Administration, has published the latest […]

  • Indo’s fish pirates

    Fight against illegal fishing stepped up. Indonesia steps up boat sinkings By Taylor McDonald On Sunday Indonesia sunk another 17 foreign vessels alleged to have been fishing in its waters as part of the […]

  • Focus on Piracy Prevention

    IMO runs anti-piracy workshop. Focus on Piracy Prevention at Djibouti A high-level workshop in Djibouti has seen an exchange of ideas on preventing a resurgence of piracy in the West […]

  • Boost for Sulu security

    The region of the Sulu Sea, just last year branded the ‘New Somalia’, is benefiting from a new trilateral security initiative. However, key challenges remain. Security in the Sulu Sea is […]

  • Pirates pinch vessel

    Boat-shaped hole in water finally spotted. Pirates steal vessel donated to Nigeria by Japan Tola Adenubi – Lagos FINDINGS have revealed that a fishing and research vessel donated by the […]

  • Exercise Highcrest wraps

    Maritime security and counter-terror exercise a success. Exercise Highcrest: Maritime, land-based agencies keep ‘terrorists’ from reaching shore By Elizabeth Neo SINGAPORE: For the first time, land-based operations featured in a large-scale […]

  • UAVs to counter piracy?

    Drones could help close the capabilities gaps that allow pirates to flourish in Asian waters. Countering the ‘Pirates’ Paradise’: Unmanned Systems and Marine Security in Southeast Asia By Tobias Burgers and […]

  • Nigeria’s crime concerns

    Only yesterday, they reaffirmed their commitment to protect the nation’s waters. Criminals are migrating to the water space- CNS The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas yesterday in Lagos,  […]