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  • Risk increases off Somalia

    Concerns shipping remains complacent to dangers. Ships more at risk after first Somali pirate attack in years: officials By Jonathan Saul Merchant vessels sailing through busy shipping lanes between Somalia […]

  • Hundreds dead in Mediterranean

    More tragedy for the Med. Migrant crisis: ‘Hundreds dead’ in shipwrecks off Libya About 240 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say. […]

  • EUNAVFOR begins Libya training

    EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia started training the Libyan Navy Coast Guard and Libyan Navy this week. EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia starts training of Libyan Navy Coast Guard and Libyan Navy […]

  • EU/Libya training to go ahead

    Libyan Navy spokesman denies attack. EU to continue Libyan coast guard training after attack on migrants By Benjamin Wafula The European Union will go ahead with training for the Libyan […]

  • Libya CG training

    May reduce migrant numbers. EU to start training of Libya Coastguard this month – Sources The EU is set to start training of Libyan Coastguard personnel on October 24, Libya’s […]

  • IMO calls for piracy action

    IMO warns against complacency. Maritime agency calls for tough actions to end piracy off Somalia By Sandra Chao-Blasto The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has urged liners navigating through the Somali […]

  • UN extends migrant mission

    Hardly a surprise… Security Council extends measures to curb migrant smuggling off Libyan coast 6 October 2016 – Deploring continued loss of life due to migrant smuggling and human trafficking […]

  • Thousands of migrants rescued

    Improving sea states have seen thousands of migrants rescued this week. Migrant crisis: 28 dead in day of rescues off Libya More than 20 migrants are said to have suffocated […]

  • Piracy threat still there

    Danger of complacency for shipping as headlines fade. Piracy on the decrease but threat still there – report Incidences of Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and Horn of Africa […]

  • Rescue ops off Libya

    Three babies were among those taken to safety, according to Sky’s Mark Stone, who was on board one of the rescue vessels. Seven Migrants Dead As ‘Jam-Packed’ Boat Sinks Off […]