Tag: Gulf of Aden

  • Another seizure for the CMF

    More seizure success for CMF. French led HMS Monmouth seizes £65m of drugs in the Indian Ocean Combined Task Force 150 French-led task force continues to disrupt terrorism by suppressing […]

  • Pirates strike off Oman

    Vessel attacked off Oman. Suspected pirates attack oil tanker in Gulf of Oman Suspected pirates in a skiff attacked a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker, MT NAVIG8 Providence, in the Gulf […]

  • Indian Ocean security

    IMO discuss Djibouti Code of Conduct Maritime Security in Western Indian Ocean By Aiswarya Lakshmi The key International Maritime Organization (IMO) instrument helping to repress piracy and armed robbery against […]

  • Tanker hit by RPGs

    Assailants’ motives unknown, but finger pointed at Yemen. Oil tanker attacked in key shipping lane off Yemen Unknown assailants attacked an oil tanker on Wednesday in a strategic Red Sea […]

  • S. Korea vessel escapes pirates

    Fears vessel had been hijacked. South Korea says contact resumed with vessel off Somalia, crew safe South Korea said on Saturday it has resumed contact with a distressed fishing vessel […]

  • Canada extends Op Artemis

    Extension authorizes deployment of frigate, patrol aircraft and up to 375 Canadian Forces personnel Canada extends maritime security mission in Middle East to 2021 By Marc-André Cossette, CBC News Canada is […]

  • Pirates take dhow off Puntland

    Vessel likely to be used as mother ship. Somali pirates hijack Iranian fishing vessel: Somali official By Abdiqani Hassan Somali pirates hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel on Tuesday to use […]

  • Is Somali Piracy Resurging?

    Conditions in Somalia have changed little since piracy’s heyday. Is Somali Piracy Resurging? Author: Dr Lisa Otto, Research Associate in Maritime Security Since the hijacking of an oil tanker off […]

  • Indian Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack

      Indian Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack Off Somalia On Tuesday, the Indian Navy patrol vessel INS Sharda rescued the Liberian-flagged bulker Lord Mountbatten from a pirate attack 150 nm off the […]

  • India’s Bay of Bengal fears

    India looks to potential new hot spot. ‘Conflict with China will be in Bay of Bengal’ Jayanta Gupta Kolkata: The next conflict with China will not be along India’s northern […]