Offshore Installations

  • Boat hit by Saudi jets

    Coalition forces clamp down on unknown vessels. Saudi jets attack Pakistani boat off Yemen, kill six sailors YEMEN – A Saudi air raid had targeted a boat carrying 12 Pakistani […]

  • New subs for Iran?

    A top Iranian Navy commander says the Islamic Republic will soon launch a new domestically-manufactured submarine. Fateh submarine will join Iran Navy fleet soon: Commander “The Fateh (Conqueror) submarine with […]

  • Trial for Egyptians in death case

    Two officials at the Egyptian Authority for Maritime Safety head to trial. Egypt refers two officials to court over migrant boat capsizing Egypt has referred two maritime inspection officials to […]

  • Nigerian Navy in new ops

    Flag waving from the Navy despite ongoing instability. Nigerian Navy Resumes ‘Exercise Eagle Eye’ To Tighten Sea Security The Nigerian Navy is embarking on a sea exercise, named ‘Exercise Eagle […]

  • US shifts to PH marsec

    Relations still tetchy. US refocusing PH aid to maritime security The United States (US) will continue its aid program for the Philippines, but the focus will shift from drug control […]

  • More Delta piracy

    Gulf of Guinea continues to worry shipping. Three seamen kidnapped from reefer Saronic Breeze in Gulf of Guinea The reefer Saronic Breeze was hijacked by pirates in Gulf of Guinea […]

  • EUNAVFOR renewal welcomed

    Recent incidents highlight need for presence. Bimco welcomes extension of EU anti-piracy operation off Somalia Shipping association Bimco has welcomed this week’s decision by the EU Council to extend the […]

  • Yemen, Iran and illegal weapons

    Conflict Armament Research releases report. Arabian Sea raids on arms smugglers show Iran-Yemen link When Western navies raided three dhows in the Arabian Sea this year, some of the weapons […]

  • Djibouti call

    It’s not a military base. It just looks exactly like one. Djibouti base ‘not military expansion’: MOD By Liu Caiyu A Chinese logistics base in Djibouti is not part of […]

  • UK leads US Task Force 50

    Royal Navy takes charge. UK leads US Task Force 50 The British Royal Navy has taken charge of US Task Force 50 in the Gulf for the first time, it […]