Maritime Crime

  • Nigerian Navy’s new tactics

    Niger Delta group explains persistence of menace Navy adopts fresh strategies against oil theft By Chido Okafor (Warri) and Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt) IN a renewed bid to drastically reduce […]

  • Hodeida port bombed

    Main aid port badly hit. Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen ‘aid port’ Hodeida Jets from a Saudi-led coalition targeted rebel Houthi positions in Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeida early on […]

  • US Offers To Help Fight Oil Theft

    Training and intel offered. US Offers To Help Check Crude Oil Theft In Gulf Of Guinea Joseph Bakare/Ijeoma Agudosi The United States of America has pledged to lend a hand […]

  • MPHRP in Bangladesh

    Discussing seafarer welfare at governmental level. MPHRP in Bangladesh MPHRP South Asia Regional Director takes up the rehabilitation of piracy affected seafarers with the government of Bangladesh. Chirag Bahri, MPHRP […]

  • US, Malaysia Launch Naval Exercise

    CARAT Malaysia 2015 kicks off. US, Malaysia Launch Naval Exercise By Prashanth Parameswaran On August 17, the United States and Malaysia kicked off a bilateral naval exercise in Sandakan in eastern […]

  • ReCAAP July 2015 Report

    No hijackings reported in July. Piracy & Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia – ReCAAP July 2015 Report ReCAAP ISC reports a decline in the number of piracy and robbery […]

  • Chief of Naval Staff vows to end oil theft

    But actions speak louder than words. Chief of Naval Staff vows to end oil theft The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, said on Sunday that oil thieves will […]

  • Taiwan’s navy feels the pressure

    Taiwanese Navy has ambitious plans. Taiwan’s navy feels the pressure as China rises James Goldrick Taiwan lives every day with the threat posed by the increasingly capable armed forces of […]

  • Pakistan Navy in large exercise

    Tahaffuz-e-Sahil exercise over weekend. Submarines, ships, aircrafts participate in ‘Tahaffuz-e-Sahil’ exercises KARACHI: (Dunya News) – Submarines, ships and aircrafts on Saturday took part in the ‘Tahaffuz-e-Sahil’ (Protection of the coast) […]

  • Algorithm To Predict Pirate Attacks

    New software predicts ‘predator’ behaviour. US Navy Scientists Create Algorithm To Predict Pirate Attacks By Jill Arce Pirates have begun robbing shipping vessels and committing acts of criminal violence at sea […]