Tag: Hostage

  • Fighting Malacca Strait piracy

    New task force to tackle piracy at source. Sea Eagle Task Force to Fight Strait of Malacca Piracy COMMANDER OF the Western Fleet Command Indonesia Navy, Admiral Widodo Young states […]

  • EU Lessons from Fighting Piracy

    Reflections on EU chair of CGPCS. EU Lessons from Fighting Piracy off Somalia’s Coast One of the priorities of the 2014 EU Chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off […]

  • Aircraft Carriers in the Taiwan Strait

    Aircraft carriers are a major factor in cross-strait strategic stability. Aircraft Carriers in the Taiwan Strait By Vasilis Trigkas The recent landslide victory of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan’s local elections […]

  • Iran continues military drills

    Iran’s military drills continue in south The largest war-games by Iran’s army at the southern coast of the country. A new series of weapons that according to Iran’s army are […]

  • Governor laments pirate killings

    Despite hiring ex-militants to secure waterways, killings continue. Dickson laments killing of soldiers by pirates From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has lamented the killing of […]

  • Nigerian pirates kill 3 JTF troops

    Killings come days after a similar brutal attack left 3 dead. Panic In Bayelsa Communities Over Killing Of 6 JTF Soldiers Osa Okhomina There was panic among indigenes of coastal […]

  • Navy arrests 6 Malacca strait pirates

    Gang of robbers apprehended.  Navy arrests six Malacca strait pirates The Indonesian Navy has apprehended six pirates involved in a sea piracy network operating in the straits of Malacca and […]

  • IMB concern over pirate payouts

    ECHR decision sparks comments. IMB concerned over decision to compensate pirates The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has joined other maritime organisations in expressing concern over the decision to compensate convicted […]

  • Iran Navy thwarts pirates. Again.

    Media claims another attack foiled.  Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack on Iranian Oil Tanker An attempt by pirates to hijack an Iranian oil tanker in international waters was foiled by the […]

  • Nigerian Navy gets new ships

    Two vessels expected from US and China. Nigeria: Navy Acquires War Ships to Fight Maritime Crimes By Evelyn Usman In its renewed fight against maritime crimes in the country and […]