Governmental

  • Iran Navy sees off pirates

    Report remains unconfirmed. Iran Navy repels pirate attack on merchant vessel The Islamic Republic Navy has successfully thwarted a major pirate attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in Bab el-Mandeb […]

  • SOMS pirates arrested

    Men picked up at beginning of month. Indonesia navy arrests 15 alleged pirates in Singapore Strait The Indonesian Navy’s Western Fleet Quick Response Unit (WFQR) has arrested 15 alleged pirates […]

  • MSF pull a vessel from Med

    Reduction in migrants prompts move. Mediterranean: MSF ends mission of search and rescue boat Prudence As a consequence of a drop in the number of boats reaching international waters in […]

  • UN Med ops to continue

    UN anti-smuggling ops to continue. Security Council re-authorizes operations to disrupt migrant smuggling off coast of Libya The Security Council today extended by one year the authorization for Member States […]

  • Indo calls for strong marsec

    Indonesia serious about illegal fishing. Susi calls for actions to strengthen maritime security Rendi A. Witular Confronted with challenges to ensuring maritime security in the high seas, Indonesia has called on the […]

  • Redeploy navy to region

    Redeploy navy back to region, says admiral SIMON BENSON A former Australian admiral has called for the nation’s Middle East naval operations to be ­redeployed to Southeast Asia and the […]

  • C Star crew abandoned

    Crew abandoned and unpaid. Rightwing anti-immigration group dumps ship’s crew The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is assisting the crew of the vessel C Star, who have been abandoned unpaid […]

  • CMF/EUNAVFOR Op ends

    FO intended to disrupt potential pirate groups in region. CTF 151 leads Focused Operation (FO) ‘Dynamic Kharif’ in further successful collaboration with EUNAVFOR CMF’s Combined Task Force 151 has led […]

  • Taiwan Investigates Warship Collisions

    Two incidents in one day. Taiwan Investigates Warship Collisions On Monday morning, the Taiwan Navy suffered two separate collisions involving its Keelung-class destroyers. At 0735 hours, the fishing boat Chin Fu En collided […]

  • Rig security boost for Malaysia

    Concerns as fishermen use explosives. Govt to boost security of oil rigs By KRISTY INUS THE government is working on a national blue ocean strategy (NBOS) approach by engaging relevant quarters […]