Tag: hijack

  • ASEAN to discuss maritime security

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    Ongoing hijackings highlight region’s issues. Special ASEAN meeting to discuss maritime security in South China Sea A special defence cooperation meeting involving ASEAN member countries, which will discuss the issues […]

  • Govt Depts Scuttled Anti-Maritime Crimes Agency

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    The demise of PICOMMS in Nigeria. PICOMSS: How Feuding Govt Depts Scuttled Anti-Maritime Crimes Agency By Senator Iroegbu The Federal Government may have unwittingly shot itself on the foot in […]

  • Nigerian oil thieves busted

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    Thieves and illegally refineries found. JTF arrests 18 suspected oil thieves, destroys 31 illegal refineries The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, “Operation Pulo Shield” says that it […]

  • Marine Police hunt alleged pirates

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    Boat recovered but suspects still at large. Police on the trail for alleged Bayelsa pirates Abuja – Marine police officers attached to the Bayelsa State Command have recovered a speed […]

  • Surveillance Keeps Pirates At Bay

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    Naval presence suppressing Somali pirates. Military Surveillance Keeps Somali Pirates At Bay By Allan Odhiambo Military incursions on and off-shore Somalia have helped end piracy attacks on key shipping routes […]

  • Indian Navy message to China

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    Delhi is showing its neighbour just how serious it is about its defence and the Indian Ocean. India sends China stern message with naval build-up NEW DELHI — In a […]

  • Piracy-free oceans – myth or reality?

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    Can lessons from Somalia be applied elsewhere? Piracy-free oceans – myth or reality? By Zhou Bo Counter-piracy in the Gulf of Aden could not have been more successful. No commercial […]

  • Zambia launches special forces marine unit

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    New unit to protect fisheries and border. Zambia launches special forces marine unit Zambian president Edgar Lungu on 26 July launched a new marine special forces unit to improve maritime […]

  • US Navy Needs More Ships

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    US Navy defends vital sea lanes. Navy Needs More Ships to Protect Sea Lanes, Retired PACOM Admiral Says By RICHARD R. BURGESS, Managing Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy […]

  • Malacca pirates attack trawler

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    Armed robbery at sea remains common in region. Pirates hijacked fishing trawler in Malacca Strait POSTED BY SVILEN PETROV Pirates attacked the fishing trawler Maju Jaya in Malacca Strait in Tamiang […]

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