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Operation Three Arrows
Op Three Arrows underway. Multinational exercise in Gulf of Aden aims to further reduce piracy By JASON BEHNKE MANAMA, Bahrain — Operation Three Arrows, a counterpiracy exercise that brought together warships […]
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CGPCS meets up
CGPCS meeting provides little comfort. Piracy in the Indian Ocean: the number of incidents rising Incidents at sea are on the rise. Between January 2017 and March this year, 78 cases […]
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Throwing SHADE
Changing nature of threats discussed. CMF and EU NAVFOR welcome international delegates to 42nd SHADE conference On 17-18 April 2018, the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) co-chaired the 42ndShared Awareness and […]
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ReCAAP round table
Would one reporting body be sufficient? ReCAAP ISC and RSIS Co-organises Maritime Roundtable on “Single Reporting Centre” for Piracy and Sea Robbery This is the first Maritime Roundtable co-organised by […]
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IMB posts piracy stats
IMB’s latest report makes for grim reading. Pirate attacks worsen in Gulf of Guinea London and Kuala Lumpur, 10 April 2018 – A surge in armed attacks against ships around […]
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New PLAN fleet for Gulf
Convoy escort programme continues. China sends new naval fleet for escort mission The 29th fleet from Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has left east China’s port city Zhoushan for […]
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EU faces huge Med problem
Scale of problem made clear. Crisis-hit EU faces increasing numbers of migrant smugglers European law enforcement officials say they are tracking at least 65,000 migrant smugglers, twice as many as […]
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Houthis a real threat
Analysts believes international community should respond to Al Houthi threat just as they did towards Somali piracy Al Houthi maritime threat should be global concern Saeed Al Batati Al Mukalla: […]
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Somali piracy: 10 years on
After Somali piracy, is sailing the Western Indian Ocean safe again? Sailors from the French Navy ship “La Somme” board a small craft after a pirate attack on a French […]
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EUNAVFOR confirms attack
Alert issued by UKMTO on Friday. EU NAVFOR confirms MT Leopard Sun attacked 160 nautical miles off the central coast of Somalia. On 23rd February at 0030 local time, the Motor […]