Maritime Powers

  • Nigeria joins Navigate

    Nigeria joins Navigate Response. Navigate Response welcomes Nigerian and Italian partners to crisis communications network Navigate Response welcomes two new partners to its global crisis communications network to strengthen coverage […]

  • Bodies found off Suriname

    Bodies found following horrific armed robbery at sea. Three bodies of 16 missing fishermen discovered; Guyanese relatives fear the worst Posted by: Denis Chabrol Three bodies of the 16 missing fishermen […]

  • Russia’s floating power station

    Greenpeace deeply unimpressed. Russia’s ‘Nuclear Titanic’ Heads West, Raising Fears of ‘Chernobyl on Ice’ Damien Sharkov Russia’s so-called “nuclear Titanic” is moving toward western Europe for a controversial maiden voyage that […]

  • Cooperating to cut crime

    Information sharing, cooperation key. Maritime threats require unified navies Written by Africa Defense Forum Pirates are attacking ships in Somalia and the Gulf of Guinea, and coastal nations will have to […]

  • Fishing vessel fired on

    Report only just released. Emirati fishing boat attacked ‘by pirates’ in Gulf of Oman An Emirati fishing boat was fired on by “pirates” this week, as the vessel travelled through […]

  • India holds Sagar Kavach

    Indian Navy reviews its preparedness in ‘Sagar Kavach’ Vikram Vinod KOCHI: The Indian Navy conducted a two-day Coastal Security Exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ from April 24-26 off the coast of Kerala, Mahe, […]

  • Marsec courses in Djibouti

    Course already well attended. Japan-funded maritime security courses get underway in Djibouti The first in a series of regional maritime security courses, funded by the Government of Japan, has been […]

  • Throwing SHADE

    Changing nature of threats discussed. CMF and EU NAVFOR welcome international delegates to 42nd SHADE conference On 17-18 April 2018, the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) co-chaired the 42ndShared Awareness and […]

  • KOMODO prep underway

    Maritime ties continue. PH warship to join naval drills in Indonesia The Philippine Navy on Friday conducted a send-off ceremony for its naval warship, BRP Gregorio del Pilar, which will […]

  • MMEA nabs pirates

    MMEA arrest suspects. Indonesian ‘pirates’ arrested for kidnapping fishermen Five armed Indonesian men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping three Malaysian fishermen and demanding a ransom of 30,000 ringgits (US$7,655) after […]