Tag: maritime crime

  • Migrants drown off Libya

    Migrants drown in latest incident. Scores feared drowned off Libyan coast Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three […]

  • Another huge CMF haul

    Another huge seizure for CMF. HMAS Warramunga in support of CTF150 seizes another $100 million of drugs in Western Indian Ocean Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, part of Combined Maritime […]

  • Marine Express hijacked?

    A search has been launched for an Indian-owned oil tanker that has gone missing in a part of West Africa rife with piracy. Search launched for missing oil tanker feared […]

  • SE Asia: no naval arms race

    Modernisation of fleets underway. ADECS 2018: ‘No naval arms race’ in Southeast Asia by Gordon Arthur It is ‘very hard to fit’ the Southeast Asian region into the definition of an […]

  • Sri Lanka’s piracy push

    Hopes for anti-piracy hub. Sri Lanka to make a request to establish the maritime operations secretariat for suppression of sea piracy off Somalia coast in the country The Sri Lankan […]

  • Tanker feared hijacked

    The hijacking of the MT Barrett, a Marshall Islands-flagged oil carrier, off Cotonou, Benin on January 10th came just days after warnings from the IMB that the region was still […]

  • Award for cyber campaign

    Industry award for Cyber campaign. Be Cyber Aware At Sea receives 2018 SMART4SEA Training Award SAFETY4SEA is pleased to announce that Be Cyber Aware At Sea has received the 2018 […]

  • Sabah improvements

    There were no kidnappings or intrusions last year following better security, including the efforts of the Eastern Sabah Security Command, says report. Heightened security measures in Sabah waters show results […]

  • China’s barrack ships

    R&R, Chinese style. China Militarizes Cruise Ship Design In 2012 the Chinese naval ships operating off Somalia were seen accompanied by what appeared to be a cruise ship. It was […]

  • Pinoy pirate pursuits

    The clearance to enter each other’s waters is part of a trilateral maritime security agreement between Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Esscom welcomes green light on pursuits into Philippines KOTA […]