Tag: Maritime Security

  • Shipping routes change in IOR

    Military fears complacency setting in. Changes in shipping routes and speed as piracy declines in the Western Indian Ocean With the decline of piracy incidents in the Western Indian Ocean, […]

  • Pirates’ logistical challenge

    Hijackers may have thought cargo was oil rather than petrol. Orkim Harmony: MMEA Says Bunker Pirates Likely “Still Looking for the Logistics to Transfer the Oil to Their Client” A […]

  • PMSC wins right to protect French ships

    Prorisk International given green light to protect French merchant ships. PMSC wins right to protect French ships During the commission of the 12th of June 2015 presided by the SGMER, […]

  • French Gov’t supports fight against maritime crime

    Maritime crime information sharing project. French Gov’t supports fight against maritime crime The French government in collaboration with the United States of America government has set up a project dubbed […]

  • MSDF continue vessel escorts

    Over 613 convoys since 2009. Japan escorts 15 commercial ships off Somalia in May Hisane Masaki Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) vessels escorted 15 commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden […]

  • CMF in huge heroin haul

    Numerous boardings lead to huge drug seizures. Combined Task Force 150 seizes 981kg of Heroin off East Coast of Africa with a street value of over USD625m After several weeks […]

  • India, Australia Pitch Maritime Drill

    Plans for trilateral exercise with Japan on cards, too. India, Australia Pitch Maritime Drill By Aiswarya Lakshmi With increased awareness that strategic and security interests are converging given the geopolitical […]

  • Fighting fish pirates

    Illegal fishing a global issue. Palau is burning boats to deter illegal poaching of marine life LOUIS DORÉ The pacific nation of Palau has burnt four Vietnamese boats illegally fishing […]

  • Nigerian pirates kill naval officer

    Routine patrol attacked by pirates. Pirates kill naval officer in Bayelsa State Dare-devil pirates operating along the rivers and creeks of the Niger Delta over the weekend shot dead a […]

  • Missing tanker causes concern

    Missing tanker causes concern. Najib anxious over disappearance of oil tanker BY NICHOLAS CHENG KUALA LUMPUR: The Government will deploy its resources to locate a missing oil tanker off Johor, said […]