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  • SL Navy trains neighbours

    Navy gives a specialized ship boarding training for the naval and coast guard personnel of Madagascar and Comoros Upon the request of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, […]

  • Malabar set for June

    Japan is set to conduct naval exercises with the US and India in June in the East China Sea. Japan to conduct naval drills with US, India The joint naval […]

  • UK coastal defence force boost

    Coastal concerns over migrants. Theresa May orders shake up of maritime border force amid concerns about unprotected British coast By Peter Dominiczak, political editor and Christopher Hope, chief political correspondent […]

  • Delta militants in spat

    New group threatens old guard. Tension in Niger Delta as militants threaten Tompolo over letter to Buhari A new militant group known as the Niger Delta Avengers has warned former […]

  • AQ in Yemen a concern

    Presence in Yemen poses maritime threat. Al Qaeda in Yemen poses growing threat to shipping – naval force BY JONATHAN SAUL Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch remains a powerful force and […]

  • 2015 bumper year for WAF pirates

    Crew kidnaps currently at an alarming rate. Pirates paid ‘$400,000’ ransoms in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea Ransoms of up to $400,000 (£273,000) have been paid to gangs which hijacked […]

  • Navy destroys 100 illegal refineries in Bayelsa

    Oil theft, piracy plaguing Delta. Navy destroys 100 illegal refineries in Bayelsa Ebikabowei Ikuli The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Apochi Ogabu Suleiman, has said […]

  • Niger Delta woes

    Ongoing insecurity at sea off Nigeria. A Niger Delta Militant Group Declares War on the Nigerian Navy By Dirk Steffen Many suspected it as the intensity of pirate attacks off […]

  • BIMCO issues advisory

    Attack prompts warning. BIMCO Security Advisory Update – Gulf Of Aden Following further information regarding the incident reported off Mukalla Port at 242115ZApr16, BIMCO strongly advise all members to take […]

  • Nigeria still the piracy hot spot

    If anything, that figure is conservative. Nigeria sees nearly one pirate attack a week By Tiffany Ap (CNN) Crime on the high seas has nearly halved in the last five […]