Tag: Maritime Security
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Naval chief links insiders to piracy
Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Dele Ezeoba has blamed the activities of insiders for the incessant attacks on ships in Nigerian waters especially in the Niger Delta region. Naval […]
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Pirates strike 6 tankers in SE Asia
Seven pirate attacks were reported from various Southeast Asian ports in less than two weeks, with six of them coming from Indonesia close to the key Strait of Malacca shipping […]
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South Korea OKs deployment extension
The parliamentary defense committee on Monday approved a bill to extend South Korea’s troop deployment in Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan to conduct their missions by another year. […]
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Spain P.M. praises anti-piracy op
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy praised efforts to fight piracy off Somalia during a visit Sunday to this country in the Horn of Africa. Spanish P.M. praises anti-piracy operation on […]
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Indian Waters 3rd worst for pirates
MUMBAI: Merchant navy captain Sunil James may have returned home after five-and-a-half-months in Togo but statistics from the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (London) show how waters around […]
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Protecting Hydrocarbon Wealth
The Ghanaian Navy says it is setting up special boat units to deal with maritime security challenges like piracy in order to secure the country’s new-found offshore oil and gas […]
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Beyond Piracy
Piracy has dominated news headlines over the past few years. This is unsurprising when we consider the scale of the challenge faced which reached such a height that the international […]
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Not Mission Impossible
Leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime have issued their latest report ‘Special Advisory, The West Africa Problem; Mission Not Impossible’, which focuses on the rapidly evolving nature of maritime crime […]
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An Unwelcome Legacy
Stephen Askins muses on one of the sad legacies of piracy over the past few years; the dearth of reliable, updated weather data from the Indian Ocean Weather windows – […]
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Russia Navy Personnel Withdrawn
According to the Interfax news agency, Russia is preparing to withdraw personnel from its naval maintenance and supply facility on Syria’s Mediterranean coast Russia to withdraw personnel from Syria base-Interfax Russia […]
