Geopolitics

  • 26th MEU deployed

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    Marines head out. 26th MEU departs for deployment at sea Approximately 2,500 Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit departed Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, to deploy aboard […]

  • Royal Fiji Navy boost

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    Vessel refitted in Australia. Refurbished Naval Vessel Strengthens EEZ Security by NACANIELI TUILEVUKA The refurbished Royal Fiji Navy Kikau that’s due back home in April will strengthen the navy’s role […]

  • Indo questions JWC

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    War Risk insurance questioned. Tanjung Priok Categorized Prone to Piracy, Indonesia Protest By: Akhmad Mabrori Bisnis.com , JAKARTA – The Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia conveyed a protest […]

  • UUVs for MSDF

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    Reduced manpower sees tech solutions. JMSDF seeks improved unmanned maritime capabilities Kelvin Wong The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is developing a range of unmanned surface and underwater vehicles (USVs […]

  • Migrants drown off Libya

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    Migrants drown in latest incident. Scores feared drowned off Libyan coast Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three […]

  • Another huge CMF haul

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    Another huge seizure for CMF. HMAS Warramunga in support of CTF150 seizes another $100 million of drugs in Western Indian Ocean Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, part of Combined Maritime […]

  • Marine Express hijacked?

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    A search has been launched for an Indian-owned oil tanker that has gone missing in a part of West Africa rife with piracy. Search launched for missing oil tanker feared […]

  • SE Asia: no naval arms race

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    Modernisation of fleets underway. ADECS 2018: ‘No naval arms race’ in Southeast Asia by Gordon Arthur It is ‘very hard to fit’ the Southeast Asian region into the definition of an […]

  • Sri Lanka’s piracy push

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    Hopes for anti-piracy hub. Sri Lanka to make a request to establish the maritime operations secretariat for suppression of sea piracy off Somalia coast in the country The Sri Lankan […]

  • Tanker feared hijacked

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    The hijacking of the MT Barrett, a Marshall Islands-flagged oil carrier, off Cotonou, Benin on January 10th came just days after warnings from the IMB that the region was still […]

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