Merchant Marine
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Top three take-away lessons from the Suez Canal blockage
The Suez Canal on a normal day. Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images Dirk Siebels, University of Greenwich For a week the world was gripped […]
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French Falcon 50 helps intercept illegal fishing vessel off Senegal
The crew of a French Falcon 50M maritime surveillance aircraft helped intercept an illegal fishing vessel off the coast of Senegal. On 18 March, the French Navy aircraft, based in […]
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Israeli-owned ship hit by missile in suspected Iranian attack: Israeli official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A cargo ship owned by an Israeli company was damaged by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday in what was suspected to be an Iranian […]
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India, Madagascar discuss maritime security and interoperability between navies
Elizabeth Roche Indian naval ship INS Shardul made a port call in Madagascar’s Antsiranana as part of increasing patrols of the Indian Ocean in recent years given a surge in […]
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HMS Montrose seizes third drugs haul in five weeks
Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has struck for a third time in less than five weeks. In an operation lasting 10 hours, the Montrose intercepted over 6100 lbs (2800 kg) […]
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China’s Secretive Maritime Militia May Be Gathering at Whitsun Reef
By Andrew S. Erickson An obscure boomerang-shaped feature in the South China Sea may host the next phase of PRC maritime coercion. Since at least March 7, 2021, many dozens […]
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India to participate in France-led naval drill La Perouse for the first time
New Delhi: India to participate in the France-led naval war game “La Perouse” for the first time in the Bay of Bengal next month, top government sources said. Australia, Japan […]
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Policing the Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria, Denmark and Maritime Security
When small countries like Denmark provide security in the Gulf of Guinea, what does that say about Nigeria’s image as Africa’s giant? by Dakuku Peterside, former head of NIMASA The […]
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The Mozambique Channel May Become the Next Maritime Security Hotspot
The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems powerless to suppress has also […]
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DFA to secure release of 4 Pinoys kidnapped in Gulf of Guinea
By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is working to secure the safe release of four Filipino seafarers who were abducted by pirates in […]
