Tag: hijack

  • Another CMF drug haul

    Another large drug haul for the CMF. HMAS Arunta Intercepts 260kg of heroin HMAS Arunta has completed a third significant narcotics interdiction after seizing 260kg of heroin in the Indian Ocean, […]

  • Delta piracy concerns

    Attacks on waterways often go unreported. Boat Drivers Alert On Rising Cases Of Pirate Attacks Stakeholders in Rivers State have continued to raise alarm over the rising cases of pirate […]

  • IOR Cold War?

    Great power competition between the US, India, Japan and Australia on one side, and China on the other, is raising the strategic stakes in the maritime area New Cold War […]

  • German aircrew heads home

    Successful deployment for German MPA. German marine mission to depart after three months on anti-piracy patrol Before EU NAVFOR’s German P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) and its detachment […]

  • SE Asia’s lawless waters

    Daesh fighter influx threatens region. Lawless waters test Southeast Asian nations in fight against Islamic State By Kanupriya Kapoor Militants, pirates, drug traffickers, gun runners – the waters between Borneo […]

  • Exercise Australia India

    Indian Warships Arrive Australia for Maritime Drill Posted by Aiswarya Lakshmi Three Indian warships sailed into Fremantle to participate in a week-long naval exercise off the Western Australian coast. Exercise […]

  • Joint patrols next week?

    A week, however, is a long time in naval politics… Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines to begin joint patrol JAKARTA — Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines will start conducting a joint maritime […]

  • Iran arrests pirates

    Iranian police arrest pirates. Police arrests 5 armed pirates in Kangan Bushehr Province police chief said five armed pirates, who robbed vessels at the sea, have been arrested. Commander Heidar […]

  • CG to secure PH waters

    The order, called by transport secretary Arthur Tugade, is a response to the security scare springing from the continuing crisis in Marawi. Security intensified over PH waters in light of […]

  • Nigeria’s Merchant Navy

    Requests weapons for anti-piracy duties. Nigerian Merchant Navy Solicits Operational Equipment By Tunde Oguntola, Abuja The Nigerian Merchant Navy (Coastal Defence Force) has called on the federal government to empower […]