Tag: Piracy
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Marine Nationale achieves high-value drugs bust
French frigate FS Guépratte has seized 1,380 lbs (626 kg) of methamphetamine worth more than $17 million, during the latest Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-narcotics operation in the Arabian Sea, […]
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Egypt joins Combined Maritime Forces as member state
Egypt has become the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), April 12. CMF is an enduring multinational coalition committed to upholding the International Rules Based Order by countering […]
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Ship owned by Israeli firm attacked off UAE coast: media
DUBAI (Reuters) -A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in Gulf waters, pro-Iran media and an Israeli television channel […]
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PMSA seizes huge quantity smuggled diesel, arrests 9
Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) foiled a smuggling bid of huge quantity diesel and arrested involved accused. The PMSA in an operation conducted at Pakistan side of international maritime boundary […]
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South Korea says tanker and captain detained in Iran released
A South Korean-flagged tanker and its captain detained in Iran in January have been released, the foreign ministry in Seoul says. Iran seized the Hankuk Chemi near the strategic Strait […]
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Five in one week for the Marine Nationale and Combined Task Force-150
French Marine Nationale ships have achieved an impressive five seizures of illicit drugs in just six days, whilst participating in a counter-narcotics focused operation under the command of Combined Maritime […]
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Iranian ‘spy ship’ attacked in Red Sea, says shipping monitor
An Iranian military support ship linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been attacked in the Red Sea, Iranian media and maritime analysis firm Dryad Global said. The Saviz […]
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Top three take-away lessons from the Suez Canal blockage
The Suez Canal on a normal day. Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images Dirk Siebels, University of Greenwich For a week the world was gripped […]
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Israeli-owned ship hit by missile in suspected Iranian attack: Israeli official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A cargo ship owned by an Israeli company was damaged by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday in what was suspected to be an Iranian […]
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India, Madagascar discuss maritime security and interoperability between navies
Elizabeth Roche Indian naval ship INS Shardul made a port call in Madagascar’s Antsiranana as part of increasing patrols of the Indian Ocean in recent years given a surge in […]
