Tag: Indian Ocean

  • India: threat of maritime terrorism huge

    India taking terrors threats seriously in wake of recent incidents.  ‘Threat from terrorists in the maritime domain is huge,’ says Navy Chief Admiral Robin Dhowan New Delhi: Speaking on the eve […]

  • Maritime crime prosectors meet

    Message that pirates are still out there. Third Regional Prosecutors’ Conference on Maritime Security Starts Today in Dar es Salaam From 2 to 4 December, prosecutors from around the Horn […]

  • Pakistan Navy ships dock at Jeddah

    Visit follows joint exercises. Pakistan Navy ships dock at Jeddah port JEDDAH – Two combating ships from Pakistan Navy PNS ALAMGIR and PNS ASLAT docked at Jeddah Port on Sunday. The […]

  • India reinforces maritime domain

    Improvements since Mumbai, but issues persist. India Reinforces Maritime Domain Awareness, but Challenges Remain  VIJAY SAKHUJA Six years ago, in November 2008, a group of Pakistan-based terrorists landed at unsecured […]

  • President tours PMPF base

    PMPF has scored several wins against pirates in past.  Somalia: Puntland President tours Puntland Marine Force base The President of Somalia’s Puntland Government Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has toured Puntland Maritime […]

  • More counter-piracy duty

    Operation Copper duties continue for SA Navy.  More counter-piracy duty for Navy OPVs SAS Makhanda (P1569) will complete her tour of counter-piracy duty in the Mozambique channel on December 12 […]

  • Piracy, Kidnap & Ransom

    A closer look at the UK’s new laws. Piracy, Kidnap & Ransom: UK Bans Ransom Payments by Insurers On 26 November 2014 the British Home Secretary introduced the Counter-Terrorism and […]

  • Iran, piracy and PR

    Counter piracy, the friendly face of Iran. Anti-Piracy Missions Help Thwart Iranophobia: Iranian Armed Forces Iranian Armed Forces General Staff said the anti-piracy missions, carried out by the country’s naval […]

  • Pirate gangs still holding 30

    Departing CMF commander discusses mission. Pirate gangs still holding 30 captives in Gulf of Aden Pirate gangs in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia are still holding 30 […]

  • EUNAVFOR, IMO warn of piracy

    Piracy still a genuine threat.  EU Naval Force, IMO warn of continued, although diminished, piracy threat Somali-based piracy remains a threat to international shipping and there is no room for […]