Tag: maritime crime

  • Piracy: counting the cost

    Intertanko estimate $1.2 billion spent on armed guards. Plunge in Gulf of Aden piracy incidents comes at a huge cost By Lee Hong Liang from Singapore The piracy-prone Gulf of […]

  • Delta militants in new threat

    Claim soldiers involved in oil theft. Niger Delta Avengers threaten to expose soldiers Omotayo Yusuf The Niger Delta Avengers has threatened to release photos and video of how Nigerian soldiers […]

  • Missing tanker found

    Mutiny tanker finally located. Indonesian Navy Find Malaysian-flagged Vier Harmony Tanker YOHANES PASKALIS The Indonesian Navy’s Western Fleet Quick Respons (WFQR) team of Tanjung Pinang Naval Base has arrested Vier […]

  • Iran harasses US destroyer

    Two patrol boats came within 300 yards of destroyer. Iranian boats harass US ship in the Persian Gulf By Dan Alexe Four Iranian small boats harassed a US Navy warship […]

  • EUNAVFOR to train Libyans

    Agreement reached on training. Operation SOPHIA: signed the agreement on Libyan Coast Guard and Navy Training “The Memorandum Of Understanding signed today, is another key step towards the beginning of […]

  • Tri-lateral pact signed

    Pact finally signed by Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Trilateral agreement against Abu Sayyaf threat in force: Defense Minister Marguerite Afra Sapiie Indonesia’s Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu claims that the […]

  • DCNS Suffers Security Breach

    Leak outlines the secret combat capability of six submarines that DCNS has designed for the Indian Navy. Submarine Builder DCNS Suffers Security Breach The French shipbuilder which earlier this year […]

  • China gets flying boats

    More news to cheer India and America… China Gets Flying Boats: Regional Waters Just Got Murkier By Cecil Victor These were the mainstay of colonial empires east of Suez for […]

  • China’s Djibouti base

    Concern that China is seeking to increase Indian Ocean reach. Djibouti a logistic centre not a military base: Chinese media From K J M Varma Beijing, Aug 23 (PTI) Amid […]

  • Pirate Suspect Arrested

    Papua New Guinea cracks down on pirates. Pirate Suspect Arrested Police have arrested three suspects in the sea piracy killing of a fisherman in Port Moresby last week. The men […]