Offshore Installations

  • Arrests follow deadly pirate attack

    Police recover stolen gunboats and heavy weapons in raid. Nigeria arrests six after deadly ‘pirate attack’ on army base Yenagoa (Nigeria) (AFP) – The Nigerian military on Sunday said it […]

  • Indo Navy inducts missile craft

    Jakarta adds three KCR-40-class anti-ship missile craft to its arsenal. Indonesia’s Navy Inducts Missile Craft into Western Fleet By Prashanth Parameswaran Indonesia’s navy (TNI-AL) inducted three anti-ship missile craft into its […]

  • India backs Vietnam, others against China

    Territorial disputes must be settled through peaceful means, says junior foreign minister V.K. Singh South China Sea: India backs Vietnam, others against China India on Thursday supported the stand taken […]

  • De-escalating S. China Sea tensions

    The ongoing situation in Southeast Asia. Beyond the Security Dilemma? De-escalating Tension in the South China Sea Guest post for Chinese Military Strategy Week by Jan Stockbruegger In May 2015 […]

  • Maritime power politicking

    Is Africa being left behind? ISS: In the game of maritime power politicking, is Africa the biggest loser? Written by ISS Africa Diminutive Djibouti seems set to become dangerously overcrowded: […]

  • India, Mozambique discuss marsec

    Indian moves to unite IOR region. India, Mozambique discuss boosting maritime security cooperation India and Mozambique on Wednesday discussed ways to intensify cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy and defence […]

  • Govt’s Culpability in Crude Oil Theft

    2014 report highlighted scale of problem. Govt’s Culpability in Crude Oil Theft The recent ban on 113 vessels from Nigerian territorial waters by President Muhammadu Buhari, is an indication that […]

  • 14th new vessel for Indian Coast Guard

    Six more Fast Patrol Vessels due. Cochin Shipyard delivers fourteenth FPV to the Indian Coast Guard ahead of schedule CSL delivered the fourteenth of the series of twenty Fast Patrol […]

  • Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot?

    Call for enhanced security in the Singapore Straits. Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot? Sam Bateman A recent piece by Elliot Brennan (Southeast Asia: Here be Pirates) misrepresents […]

  • MPHRP announces new head

    In future, MPHRP’s humanitarian assistance will widen its scope. MPHRP announces new head under ISWAN Girija Shettar Tom Holmer, former head of the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s Seafarers’ Trust, has […]