Geopolitics

  • Another CMF drug haul

    Another large drug haul for the CMF. HMAS Arunta Intercepts 260kg of heroin HMAS Arunta has completed a third significant narcotics interdiction after seizing 260kg of heroin in the Indian Ocean, […]

  • IOR Cold War?

    Great power competition between the US, India, Japan and Australia on one side, and China on the other, is raising the strategic stakes in the maritime area New Cold War […]

  • PCG boost coastal security

    Concern over maritime terror threat in region. Visayas maritime security boosted By Tara Yap Iloilo City — With the terrorist attack in Marawi City in their mind, law enforcement agencies […]

  • Malabar 2017

    Indian, Japanese and U.S. maritime forces to participate in exercise Malabar 2017 Story by U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs  Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs Malabar 2017 is the latest […]

  • Red Sea missile attack

    Incident just days after CMF announce patrol increase. One wounded in missile attack on UAE ship off Yemen coast – SPA DUBAI: Houthi militants attacked a United Arab Emirates ship […]

  • German aircrew heads home

    Successful deployment for German MPA. German marine mission to depart after three months on anti-piracy patrol Before EU NAVFOR’s German P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) and its detachment […]

  • SE Asia’s lawless waters

    Daesh fighter influx threatens region. Lawless waters test Southeast Asian nations in fight against Islamic State By Kanupriya Kapoor Militants, pirates, drug traffickers, gun runners – the waters between Borneo […]

  • Exercise Australia India

    Indian Warships Arrive Australia for Maritime Drill Posted by Aiswarya Lakshmi Three Indian warships sailed into Fremantle to participate in a week-long naval exercise off the Western Australian coast. Exercise […]

  • Nigeria’s Merchant Navy

    Requests weapons for anti-piracy duties. Nigerian Merchant Navy Solicits Operational Equipment By Tunde Oguntola, Abuja The Nigerian Merchant Navy (Coastal Defence Force) has called on the federal government to empower […]

  • Indian Navy heads to Malacca

    Navy there for “awareness”. India Deploys Warship to Monitor Marine Traffic in Malacca Strait New Delhi (Sputnik) – The decision to monitor movement on this strategically important shipping route is a result […]