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  • Cooperating to cut crime

    Information sharing, cooperation key. Maritime threats require unified navies Written by Africa Defense Forum Pirates are attacking ships in Somalia and the Gulf of Guinea, and coastal nations will have to […]

  • CGPCS meets up

    CGPCS meeting provides little comfort. Piracy in the Indian Ocean: the number of incidents rising Incidents at sea are on the rise. Between January 2017 and March this year, 78 cases […]

  • Brutal attack off Suriname

    Guyanese captain tell of horrific pirate attack in Suriname waters… Car batteries tied to crewmen’s legs, 16 missing after thrown overboard Several Guyanese fishermen are said to be missing after […]

  • Fishing vessel fired on

    Report only just released. Emirati fishing boat attacked ‘by pirates’ in Gulf of Oman An Emirati fishing boat was fired on by “pirates” this week, as the vessel travelled through […]

  • India holds Sagar Kavach

    Indian Navy reviews its preparedness in ‘Sagar Kavach’ Vikram Vinod KOCHI: The Indian Navy conducted a two-day Coastal Security Exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ from April 24-26 off the coast of Kerala, Mahe, […]

  • Marsec courses in Djibouti

    Course already well attended. Japan-funded maritime security courses get underway in Djibouti The first in a series of regional maritime security courses, funded by the Government of Japan, has been […]

  • Throwing SHADE

    Changing nature of threats discussed. CMF and EU NAVFOR welcome international delegates to 42nd SHADE conference On 17-18 April 2018, the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) co-chaired the 42ndShared Awareness and […]

  • KOMODO prep underway

    Maritime ties continue. PH warship to join naval drills in Indonesia The Philippine Navy on Friday conducted a send-off ceremony for its naval warship, BRP Gregorio del Pilar, which will […]

  • MMEA nabs pirates

    MMEA arrest suspects. Indonesian ‘pirates’ arrested for kidnapping fishermen Five armed Indonesian men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping three Malaysian fishermen and demanding a ransom of 30,000 ringgits (US$7,655) after […]

  • Ghana continues crackdown

    Ghana continues its maritime security push. Government committed to protect country’s territorial waters-President President Nana Addo Darkwa Akufo-Addo, has announced his government’s commitment to protect the country’s territorial waters from […]