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  • Islamic State ‘lacks capacity to hit shipping’

    Terrorists would need to operate small speedboats from a mothership. Islamic State ‘lacks capacity to hit shipping’ by David Osler THERE is no positive evidence that Islamic State has the […]

  • Dryad issues Med advisory

    Dryad Maritime issues advisory on region. Mediterranean Special Advisory Press Release Today, Tuesday 17th November, Dryad Maritime release their Mediterranean Special Advisory, an in depth report, looking at the complex […]

  • 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 […]

  • UN extends piracy fight by year

    Piracy remains a “grave concern”. Somalia: Security Council reauthorizes international naval forces to fight piracy off East Africa The United Nations Security Council today renewed for another year its authorization […]

  • RAF base migrants get deadline

    Migrants could be returned to Lebanon. Migrants at British RAF base on Cyprus given asylum deadline Author: Magdalena Mis Britain has given dozens of Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese migrants camped […]

  • EUNAVFOR, Seychelles in training op

    Exercise included Seychelles Air Force assets. Operation Atalanta Warships Train With Seychelles Maritime Forces During Port Visit On Friday 30 October 2015 Operation Atalanta warships, ESPS Meteoro and HNLMS Groningen, […]

  • Libya makes migrant threat

    Breakaway government in Tripoli issues veiled threat in response to West’s refusal to accept their legitimacy. Libya warns it could flood Europe with migrants if EU does not recognise new […]

  • Somalia threatened by illegal fishermen

    Flotillas from Yemen, Iran and South Korea are breaching international maritime law and plundering the country’s rich fishing grounds. Somalia threatened by illegal fishermen after west chases away pirates Catrina […]

  • 1,000 migrants rescued off Libya

    Multiple navies and Coast Guard vessels rescued migrants. More than 1,000 migrants rescued from boats off Libya: Italy coast guard Rescuers plucked more than a thousand migrants from overcrowded boats […]

  • EUNAVFOR Med ‘needs Libya access’

    No arrests or seizures so far. EU anti-migrant smuggler operation ‘needs Libya access’ By AFP Europe’s military operation to seize and destroy boats used by migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean […]