Maritime Crime
-
Fighting IUU fishing
Fisheries protection is becoming a serious issue. OOC to Strengthen Indonesia`s Attempt to Fight Illegal Fishing Indonesia`s attempt to encourage maritime cooperation among nations by holding the 2018 Our Ocean […]
-
Taiwan’s CG headache
Taiwan is bulking up its coast guard, but the scope of ROC territory necessitates some tough decisions for its commanders. The Taiwan Coast Guard’s South China Sea Challenge Written by Wu […]
-
IMO Focus on Marsec
Table-top exercise held. IMO Focus on Maritime Security Maritime security is a key element of International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s work and, over many years, the Organization has developed a number of measures […]
-
Iran’s UAVs
New risk for US Navy. Iran has found a new way to harass US warships, and it’s got the US Navy on edge CHRISTOPHER WOODY, RYAN PICKRELL It’s been more […]
-
Libya oil port protests
More issues for Libyan supply. Tribe of slain Libya rebel commander protests at eastern oil port BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan tribesmen staged a demonstration at the eastern oil port […]
-
Brazil and the CMF
Brazil is the only Latin American member country of the Combined Maritime Forces, a multinational naval partnership to promote security, stability, and prosperity in 3.2 million square miles of international […]
-
Marsec for Ukraine
Tensions with Russia continue. New regional marine security dept to protect Ukraine’s maritime border from Izmail to Mariupol The Regional Maritime Security Administration of the State Border Service, which will […]
-
New ship for Pakistan
New combat support ship will boost capability. Navy commissions Pakistan’s largest ever locally developed warship President Arif Alvi said on Tuesday that the government was fully cognizant of the need […]
-
Nigeria’s huge freight cost loss
Huge scale of cost revealed. Nigeria Loses $6bn Freight Cost Yearly to Maritime Piracy By Eromosele Abiodun The federal government is losing $6 billion on freight cost yearly to piracy […]
-
Somali pirate attack
Pirates fire on merchant vessel. Attack repelled by ship’s armed security team. According to an alert released by UKMTO on October 16th, a merchant vessel was attacked by pirates off […]