Tag: Piracy

  • End Piracy in the Gulf of Aden

    Could the US Navy’s littoral combat ships lend a hand? End Piracy in the Gulf of Aden By Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, US Navy (Retired) Steaming off the coast of […]

  • Asia’s Deadly Pirates

    Asia sees more kidnappings and armed robberies at sea than anywhere else in the world. Asia’s Deadly Pirates By Neil Thompson Despite genuine improvements in maritime security by Asian littoral states […]

  • Control Risks issues piracy warning

    More Raids Expected as Weather Improves  Security Consultants Warn Container and Cargo Ships of Increased Pirate Activity off Somalia Security analysts and consultants group Control Risks has reported that 17 incidents of […]

  • What next for Sulu patrols?

    Southeast Asia’s new minilateral security arrangement officially got underway this week. What’s Next for the New Sulu Sea Trilateral Patrols? By Prashanth Parameswaran On Monday, after much anticipation and several delays, […]

  • Joint patrols at last

    They have finally begun. Indonesia launches patrols with neighbors in lawless waters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa Warships from Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia held maneuvers on Monday in waters plagued […]

  • Another CMF drug haul

    Another large drug haul for the CMF. HMAS Arunta Intercepts 260kg of heroin HMAS Arunta has completed a third significant narcotics interdiction after seizing 260kg of heroin in the Indian Ocean, […]

  • Delta piracy concerns

    Attacks on waterways often go unreported. Boat Drivers Alert On Rising Cases Of Pirate Attacks Stakeholders in Rivers State have continued to raise alarm over the rising cases of pirate […]

  • IOR Cold War?

    Great power competition between the US, India, Japan and Australia on one side, and China on the other, is raising the strategic stakes in the maritime area New Cold War […]

  • German aircrew heads home

    Successful deployment for German MPA. German marine mission to depart after three months on anti-piracy patrol Before EU NAVFOR’s German P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) and its detachment […]

  • SE Asia’s lawless waters

    Daesh fighter influx threatens region. Lawless waters test Southeast Asian nations in fight against Islamic State By Kanupriya Kapoor Militants, pirates, drug traffickers, gun runners – the waters between Borneo […]