Tag: hijack

  • Navy to prosecute officials involved in oil theft

    Navy continues to promise to do its job… Navy to prosecute officials involved in oil theft By Ann Godwin THE Nigerian Navy yesterday declared total war against oil theft, warning […]

  • Arab coalition takes Perim Island

    Move further secures shipping lanes. Gulf Arabs wrest strategic Yemen island from Iran-allied group BY MOHAMMED MUKHASHAF Perim Island may be a small lump of windswept volcanic rock at the […]

  • 2 lobster traders shot dead

    Pirates suspected to be behind robbery and killings. 2 lobster traders shot dead Posted by Nonoy Lacson ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two businessmen selling lobsters were shot dead by suspected sea […]

  • PLA Navy’s best ship?

    China’s Type 71 Yuzhao-class can be a great asset in a wide range of missions. Is This the Most Underestimated Ship in China’s Navy? By Benjamin David Baker The People’s […]

  • Evolving SE Asia piracy

    Risk Intelligence examines the current situation in Southeast Asia. Hijack for Profit: The Evolving South East Asia Piracy Model By Karsten von Hoesslin, Manager of Special Projects, Risk Intelligence There […]

  • USS Simpson decommissioned

    Sank Iranian Navy vessel in 1988. Navy retires its last modern ship to sink an enemy vessel Andrew Pantazi JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy has decommissioned its last Perry-class frigate, […]

  • US joins SE Asia piracy drills

    Drills will take place in Malacca and Singapore Straits. Navy joins multinational piracy exercise in Southeast Asia By Erik Slavin YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The United States and six […]

  • Coalition secures Red Sea strait

    Residents on the Yemeni side of Bab al-Mandab reported air strikes and shelling by warships. Yemeni government, Saudi-led forces retake Red Sea strait BY NOAH BROWNING Loyalist Yemeni troops and […]

  • Why Indian Navy needs fewer INS Kochis

    It needs larger numbers of patrol vessels and light frigates, not expensive destroyers. Why Indian Navy needs fewer INS Kochis SANDEEP UNNITHAN The guided missile destroyer INS Kochi that joined […]

  • Nigerian military seizes vessels

    Eight suspected oil thieves onboard the vessel have also been detained. Nigerian military seizes vessels involved in oil theft Nigeria’s special military unit in the Niger Delta, the Joint Task […]