Offshore Installations

  • Thailand’s Navy needs to get ship-shape

    Ongoing debate over submarine purchase plan. Thailand’s Navy needs to get ship-shape Kavi Chongkittavorn JUST IMAGINE these two scenarios: an aircraft falling from the sky into the Gulf of Thailand, […]

  • Securing the sealanes

    Ensuring energy security. Securing the sealanes of the super highway by Nicholas Rodgers Safe, secure and continuous supplies of energy are critical to modern society, providing the lifeblood to the […]

  • JTF arrests sea pirates in Bayelsa

    Pirates and pipeline vandals scooped up. JTF arrests sea pirates in Bayelsa The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, said it has arrested five suspected […]

  • India fears China base in Maldives

    People’s Daily quoted a military officer as saying that China did not own any military base abroad. China says India’s fears of military base in Maldives unfounded ATUL ANEJA China’s […]

  • On the trail of fuel oil pirates

    Latest ReCAAP report makes grim reading. On the trail of fuel oil pirates in Southeast Asia By Vincent Wee from Hong Kong The most recent ReCAAP ISC half yearly report has revealed the […]

  • Southeast Asia’s naval rivalry

    Maritime powers on the rise. Southeast Asia’s naval rivalry — India and China By John C.K.Daly Much has been written recently about both the U.S. military/naval “pivot to Asia” and […]

  • No Nigerian piracy in June

    Figures from IMB only record incidents reported to them. Buhari effect: No piracy in Nigerian waters in June Pirates on Nigerian waters went to sleep in June, in the first […]

  • NIMASA boss fired

    Nigerian President removes head of safety agency. Why Buhari Fired Controversial NIMASA DG Akpobolokemi BY AYORINDE OLUOKUN President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday terminated the appointment of Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi as […]

  • Deploy KDF to Guard Waters

    Maritime dispute gaining momentum. Deploy KDF to Guard Waters, MP Tells State The National Assembly Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations has advised the Government to deploy Kenya Defence Forces […]

  • Libya claims attack on two vessels

    Attacks remain unconfirmed. Libya claims attack on two vessels Libya’s internationally-recognised government has claimed its warplanes have sunk one vessel and attacked another close to the coast of Benghazi. An […]