Governmental

  • PMSA drugs seizure

    Muhammad Irfan KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 15th Sep, 2020 ) :Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) and Pakistan Customs in a joint intelligence based counter narcotics operation recovered […]

  • Frontex gets airborne

    The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is planning to launch another project that would help the agency in its mission to better protect the borders of the external […]

  • IUU fishing in Mexico

    Vanda Felbab-Brown A major recent U.S. bust of a crime ring trafficking totoaba bladders and shark fins from Mexico to China highlights again that illegal fishing in Mexico is an […]

  • Indonesia vessel protest

    JAKARTA: Jakarta has protested against the intrusion of a Chinese coast guard ship into the Southeast Asian archipelago’s waters, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. The Chinese vessel, identified as CCG […]

  • Nigerian Government Moves to Enforce Anti-Piracy Law As Proposed Stiff Penalties Await Offenders

    The Nigerian Federal Government has embarked on measures to ensure a smooth enforcement of the newly enacted anti piracy law as part of efforts to stem criminality on Nigerian waters. […]

  • Iran Claims To Have Acquired 3 Combat Capable UAVs With 930mi Range

    The Iranian armed forces have acquired three bomb-carrying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) with a range of 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) according to a statement by Defense Minister Amir […]

  • 18 Countries Participate in Maritime Security Training – IMO

    February 18: IMO’s ongoing work to counter piracy/armed robbery against ships and other illicit activities at sea is underway at the Mohammed Bin Naif Academy for Maritime Science and Security […]

  • Somaliland Coastguard Expels Cable-layer from TTW

    Somaliland Coast Guard Expel Djiboutian Cable Layer 25 January: Somaliland’s Coast Guard expelled East Africa’s largest undersea cable-layer which was was attempting to lay fibreoptic cable in Somaliland’s territorial waters […]

  • Sri Lanka Offers to Set Up Regional Maritime Information Fusion Center

    August 18: In the first meeting of Indian Ocean Region Association (IORA) Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Working Group chaired by Sri Lanka and held in Colombo on August 8 and […]

  • IMO Issues Notice That Warnings From infoex@remisc.org Are Not Legitimate

    June 24: The International Maritime Office (IMO) has issued the following notice: “Warning – false piracy information – updated “IMO would like to draw to the attention of the international […]