Tag: Maritime Security

  • Regional integration key to maritime security

    DP World holds piracy workshop.  Regional integration key to maritime security say industry experts Global marine terminal operator DP World with knowledge partner the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis […]

  • Expanded role for MSDF?

    Wider role for Japan’s MSDF? Appointment of MSDF officer to anti-piracy command may signal expanded overseas missions The appointment of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Rear Admiral Hiroshi Ito to head […]

  • Vietnam reclaiming S. China Sea land

    Work described as “significant”.  Images show Vietnam reclaiming land in South China Sea (Reuters) – Newly released satellite images show Vietnam has carried out significant land reclamation at two sites […]

  • JTF nabs two ships with 4.2m litres of crude oil

    Oil theft an ongoing issue.  JTF nabs two ships with 4.2m litres of crude oil By Ifeyinwa Obi The Joint Task Force, JTF, has recovered 4.2 million litres of crude oil […]

  • Asean committed to maritime security

    Information sharing and cooperation crucial. Asean committed to maritime security BY AUSTIN CAMOENS KUALA LUMPUR: Asean maritime enforcement agencies are committed to securing their waters despite the territorial dispute in the […]

  • Spain takes over Op Atalanta

    Deployment to last five months. Spain Takes Force Command of Operation Atalanta off the Coast of Somalia On Wednesday 6 May 2015 Rear Admiral Alfonso Gómez from the Spanish Navy, assumed […]

  • US Navy meets Asian partners

    Staff talks as maritime security discussed.  7th Fleet, Singaporean, Malaysian and Indonesian navies meet to enhance multilateral cooperation By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Karsten, U.S. Seventh Fleet Public […]

  • US Warship Shooed Away by Iranian Destroyer

    No word so far from US.  US Warship Shooed Away by Iranian Destroyer in Gulf of Aden TEHRAN (FNA)- A US warship and military planes changed their direction as they […]

  • Ghana pirate trial delayed again

    MT Mariam pirates await fate. Ghana AG Delays Trial of Suspected Nigerian Pirates By Kate DA Costa Accra — The Inability of the office of the Attorney-General to advise the […]

  • Illegal fishing threatens piracy resurgence

    Concerns pirates could reform “coast guard”.  Piracy falls in Somalia but illegal fishing threatens resurgence Once a global phenomenon raking in millions of dollars in ransom, piracy off the coast […]