Tag: Gulf of Aden

  • Bastion announces new platform

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    Platform to simplify PMSC selection process. PRESS RELEASE Bastion announces new platform Malta-based maritime security brokerage Bastion International has created an online platform where shipping companies can trade with security […]

  • Widow of Slain Piracy Hostage Loses Claim

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    Hostage killed during hijack. Widow of Slain Piracy Hostage Loses Claim By RICHARD RABICOFF RICHMOND, Va. (CN) – The widow of a Taiwanese man whose fishing vessel was sunk in […]

  • Chinese frigate docks in Djibouti

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    Escort task force due for replenishment. Chinese anti-piracy frigate docks in Djibouti The guided missile frigate Linyi from the Chinese Navy’s 19th anti-piracy escort task force has docked in Djibouti […]

  • Maritime Crime Figures for 2014

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    Dryad releases its stats for the year. Maritime Crime Figures for 2014 Gulf of Guinea The Gulf of Guinea saw an overall reduction in the number of incidents in 2014: […]

  • MARSOC Marines fine-tune skills

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    Training to enhance board and search capabilities. MARSOC Marines fine-tune Visit, Board, Search and Seizure skills Story by Sgt. Donovan Lee U.S. NAVAL BASE CORONADO, Calif. – Critical Skills Operators (CSO) […]

  • HMS Kent on piracy patrol

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    Ends successful duty with counter-terrorism force. HMS Kent keeps the heat on, swapping counter-terrorism for counter-piracy patrols Fresh from a successful period supporting the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-terrorism task […]

  • Yemen chaos spreads towards Red Sea

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    Threats to shipping in region focus minds. Yemen chaos spreads towards Red Sea chokepoint Stephen Spark Oil-exporting countries of the Arabian Gulf are watching anxiously as the security situation in […]

  • Jailed pirate kingpin Afweyne

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    Gets first visit from wife in prison. Somali Pirate Kingpin Gets Life In Prison Somali pirate kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan, nicknamed Afweyne, has, for the first time, been allowed to […]

  • CMF hosts MIP exercise

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    Five day exercise focused on securing maritime infrastructure.  CTF-152 hosts international Maritime Infrastructure Protection Exercise in the Gulf Combined Task Force 152 (CTF-152) held a major maritime infrastructure protection exercise […]

  • Sri Lanka floating armoury investigated

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    Investigation to begin this week. Shocking revelations of deep security state within the State Defence Ministry-sponsored private army links up with private maritime company supplying arms Huge armouries of private […]

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