Governmental

  • China Gains Control of Israeli Ports

    Renewed concerns about China’s quiet expansion. China Gains Control of Israeli Ports By Callum Wood China has forked out billions of dollars to upgrade two Israeli port facilities as part of […]

  • Brazil and the CMF

    Brazil is the only Latin American member country of the Combined Maritime Forces, a multinational naval partnership to promote security, stability, and prosperity in 3.2 million square miles of international […]

  • Marsec for Ukraine

    Tensions with Russia continue. New regional marine security dept to protect Ukraine’s maritime border from Izmail to Mariupol The Regional Maritime Security Administration of the State Border Service, which will […]

  • New ship for Pakistan

    New combat support ship will boost capability. Navy commissions Pakistan’s largest ever locally developed warship President Arif Alvi said on Tuesday that the government was fully cognizant of the need […]

  • Nigeria’s huge freight cost loss

    Huge scale of cost revealed. Nigeria Loses $6bn Freight Cost Yearly to Maritime Piracy By Eromosele Abiodun The federal government is losing $6 billion on freight cost yearly to piracy […]

  • Somali pirate attack

    Pirates fire on merchant vessel. Attack repelled by ship’s armed security team. According to an alert released by UKMTO on October 16th, a merchant vessel was attacked by pirates off […]

  • CMF and Pakistan meet

    Information sharing and cooperation explored. Commander of Combined Task Force 150 discusses interoperability with Pakistan Commodore Hassan Alsharani of the Royal Saudi Navy and Commander of CTF150, CMF’s counter-terrorist force […]

  • IUU fishing shootout

    Illegal fishing rapidly being recognised as a huge issue. Shootout At Sea: Dominican ‘Poachers’ Held After Exchanging Fire With Rbdf Vessel DOMINICAN poachers engaged the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in […]

  • Curfew in Esszone extended

    A not unexpected move. Curfew in Esszone extended The curfew order in the waters of seven districts in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone) which ends today (Saturday) has been extended […]

  • Tanker crew rescued

    Fuel leak forces evac. 12 rescued from fuel tanker off coast of Oman Muscat: Twelve people have been rescued from a fuel tanker off the coast of Salalah, the National Centre […]