Tag: Piracy

  • New assets for Pakistan

    PN inducts upgraded aircraft, helicopters into its fleet Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy on Wednesday inducted its first marinised and upgraded ATR aircraft, state of the art Simulator of […]

  • New Red Sea pact?

    Representatives from Egypt, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Jordan gathered in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss the initiative Saudi Arabia Announces Plans to Form Security Entity With Red Sea Countries […]

  • Nigerian Navy doing well?

    Comments come a week after NIMASA’s on IMB. Navy’s support to merchant shipping thwarts 15 piracy attacks — Stakeholders By Oko Ebuka Stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry have said […]

  • New PLAN fleet for Gulf

    The PLAN’s deployments to the western Indian Ocean region continue. China Dispatches New Naval Fleet for Gulf of Aden Escort Mission By Ankit Panda On Sunday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army […]

  • New Ops centre for Oman

    Joint Operations Centre and Maritime Security Centre should improve capability. Boost for SAF as Joint Operation Centre and Maritime Security Centre open A celebration was held at Muaskar Al Mortafa’ah […]

  • Somali piracy today

    Reporter spends time with EU NAVFOR. Somalia piracy: How foreign powers are tackling it Foreign navies have played a key role in curbing piracy off Somalia’s coast, writes the BBC’s […]

  • Iran plans naval drills

    Keeping the region simmering. Iran Navy to stage military maneuver in Indian Ocean: Commander Iranian naval forces plan to stage a large-scale drill in the Indian Ocean to boost and […]

  • Nigeria piracy push back

    Interesting claim from Navy. Seafarers fault Navy on pirate attack Concerned seafarers have faulted the Nigerian Navy’s on rate of pirate attacks on the waters in recent times. While the […]

  • Pakistan’s marsec vow

    Chief of the Naval Staff expressed his confidence over operational preparedness. Naval chief vows to maintain security in Indian Ocean Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi while […]

  • More GoG initiatives

    Strengthening national capacities to combat maritime piracy. Abidjan hosts int’l piracy conference An international conference of the G7++, Friends of the Gulf of Guinea co-chaired by Canada aimed at discussing […]