Maritime Crime

  • Lake Chad anti-terror post

    Base will also tackle maritime crime and piracy. Boko Haram – Nigeria Sets Up Naval Post in Lake Chad Region President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a naval […]

  • Indian hostage freed

    Maximus hostage flies home. Kidnapped Indian sailor in Africa freed An Indian sailor who was kidnapped in Africa last month has been released and will reach India on Sunday night, […]

  • Improving Nigerian marsec

    Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea remains a huge issue. American experts urge Nigeria to secure territorial waters Posted By: Oluwakemi Dauda To ensure that Nigeria becomes the hub of […]

  • Eyes in the sky

    Maritime surveillance for the Seychelles. India Deploys Maritime Reconnaisance Plane For Seychelles EEZ In a first, the Indian Navy has deployed a P-8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Seychelles for surveillance […]

  • Shots fired in Malacca

    Indonesia takes illegal fishing seriously. Shots fired at Taiwanese fishing vessels operating in Strait of Malacca Two Taiwanese fishing boats claimed to have been fired upon by an Indonesian government […]

  • Pirate price watch

    Low prices are making oil tanker heists off Africa’s western coast not worth the risk. Cheap Oil Is Taking A Major Toll On Pirates Alexander C. Kaufman Oil companies aren’t […]

  • Indo, China fishing spat

    Illegal fishing is the elephant in the room. Indonesia protests against Chinese ‘breach of sovereignty’ Indonesia has formally protested to China over what it says was an infringement of its […]

  • Hostage reported killed

    Local reports that sailor killed. Russia Has No Confirmation of Death of Russian Sailor Captured in Nigeria The Russian embassy in Nigeria said Monday that it had still no confirmation […]

  • Nigerian Navy steps up patrols

    Navy hopes show of strength will deter criminality…again. Niger Delta: Navy rolls out arsenal on waterways; warns against vandalism, oil theft By John Owen Nwachukwu The Nigerian Navy, in a […]

  • Nigerian pirates kill two

    Violence in Niger Delta continues. ‘Suspected pirates’ kill two soldiers in Nigeria’s south: army Nigeria’s military today said suspected pirates killed two soldiers in a gun battle in the oil-producing […]