Offshore Installations

  • NIMASA staffer jailed

    First convictions handed down in fraud trial. Nigeria: Ex-maritime agency head gets 5 years for fraud By Rafiu Ajakaye A Nigerian official was sentenced on Friday to five years in […]

  • Libya CG rescues migrants

    Migrant flow continues. Libya intercepts boats carrying 850 people Libyan coastguards say they intercepted boats carrying 850 migrants trying to reach Europe on Sunday. A spokesman said the migrants from […]

  • Nigerian Navy rattles sabre

    Ibas said the navy had grown in the past 60 years from a modest force of 25 men to over 25,000 men and women and from nine assorted boats to […]

  • IED Kills Turkish Coast Guard

    New twist in maritime terrorism? An IED Kills A Turkish Coast Guard Sailor A Turkish Coast Guard sailor died and a fisherman wounded when a life raft with two bodies on […]

  • Joint patrol progress

    Slow progress in patrols. Indonesia considering South China Sea patrols with Malaysia, Philippines: Military chief By Saifulbahri Ismail JAKARTA: Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines may conduct joint patrols in parts […]

  • Nigeria to tackle Delta unrest

    Plan to tackle Delta unrest. FG planning regional force to end Niger Delta militancy ‘Yemi Oluwadare The federal government is building regional and global security alliance against the resurgent Niger […]

  • Maritime Focus for NATO

    Norwegian Official: Maritime Focus for NATO at Warsaw Aaron Mehta WASHINGTON — When NATO gathers in Warsaw this summer for a major summit on the future of the alliance, a […]

  • EUNAVFOR’s New Op Commander

    Major General Martin Smith makes way for Brigadier Robert Magowan. EU appoints new Operation Commander for EU NAVFOR Somalia On 18 May 2016, the Political and Security Committee appointed Brigadier […]

  • PLA Navy visits SA

    Navies enjoy closer ties. South African and Chinese navies increase collaboration Written by Dean Wingrin The increasing cooperation between the South African Navy (SA Navy) and the Chinese People’s Liberation […]

  • Delta “militants” weren’t militants

    Only in Nigeria… Confusion Trails Arrest of Niger Delta Militants By Military By Senator Iroegbu and Emmanuel Addeh Yenagoa — There was confusion monday over the purported arrest of five […]