Tag: Gulf of Guinea

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ghana continues crackdown

    Ghana continues its maritime security push. Government committed to protect country’s territorial waters-President President Nana Addo Darkwa Akufo-Addo, has announced his government’s commitment to protect the country’s territorial waters from […]

  • ReCAAP round table

    Would one reporting body be sufficient? ReCAAP ISC and RSIS Co-organises Maritime Roundtable  on “Single Reporting Centre” for Piracy and Sea Robbery This is the first Maritime Roundtable co-organised by […]

  • One Rapide crewman found

    Crewman hid during attack. Dutch freighter attack: 1 crew escaped kidnap, found Groningen, April 24, 2018 – Managers ForestWave report that late last night one of the twelve missing crew […]

  • Ghana fights back

    Ghana continues to bolster maritime security efforts. We’ll deal with piracy – President declares in Sekondi President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that the full force of […]

  • Delta militants drop threat

    Surprise move following threats. Niger Delta Militants Stop Planned Attack On Oil Facilities By Busayo Okunloye The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, (RNDA), and a coalition of nine militant groups in the Niger Delta have […]

  • Crew kidnap off Nigeria

    Vessel attacked, crew kidnapped. Dutch freighter attacked, crew kidnapped, Nigeria Mikhail Voytenko Dutch ship owner ForestWave Navigation issued a statement, which says that their general cargo ship FWN RAPIDE was […]

  • Ghana to beef up marsec laws

    Great to see the country’s response to recent pirate attacks in its waters. Ghana Navy calls for review of maritime laws to ensure adequate protection The current maritime laws of […]

  • Ghana nabs more vessels

    Navy’s not messing around these days… Ghana Navy seizes 3 more vessels engaged in illegal activities The Ghana Navy has seized three (3) more vessels in Ghanaian waters at Takoradi […]