On 07th February at 1318UTC in position: 03°28.0N-006°56.0E a vessel underway to Lagos, was approached by one skiff. Skiff appeared on the starboard side with 8 POB at 4.5NM with…
On 8 Feb 18, 40NM SE of Sadah, Oman 2 blue hull skiffs with 7 POB approached an MV from Stbd side. Initially they stopped at the bow of the…
EU NAVFOR Deputy Commander (DCOM), Rear Admiral Alfonso Pérez de Nanclares, attended the Exercise Cutlass Express Senior Leadership Symposium in the Seychelles on 5th February 2018. The leadership event was…
Two robbers armed with knives boarded a bulk carrier anchored at the Godau Anchorage in Vietnam. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre said the robbers threatened and injured…
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New Delhi (CNN)Pirates have released 22 Indian nationals taken captive after their oil tanker was boarded off the coast of West Africa last week. The vessel, Marine Express, was carrying…
(Seychelles News Agency) - Drug trafficking, illegal fishing and piracy are the focus of Cutlass Express, the seventh annual multinational maritime exercise now being hosted by Seychelles for one week.…
TODAY, Counter Piracy Focused Operation Hamad commenced. Although this first day of Operation Hamad is important as a milestone, all of those units and organisations involved in counter piracy operations…
Feb 02, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government plans to make a formal request to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) establish the proposed maritime operations…
On 01 February 2018 at 0327UTC, merchant ship possibly hijacked. Last known Psn 061557N 0023030E (Cotonou anchorage, Benin). Further details will be published when known. Vessels transiting the…
Anglo-Eastern, managers of the 45,989 dwt oil products tanker Marine Express, report that contact has been lost with the vessel which was at the Cotonou Anchorage in Benin. The vessel,…
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has described the Nigerian maritime sector as strategic to tackling issues of insecurity in the…
By Jimmy Drennan Introduction Some were surprised by the news that four U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger and may have even wondered “why do we have…
Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the naval show of force from, Operations Awatse to Jagunlabi and the most recently Exercise River Sweep, is aimed at reinforcing the navy’s zero tolerance for…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The leaders of the United Nations (UN) and the African Union urged stronger international cooperation at the opening Sunday of the African Union summit in…
NEW DELHI: India and ASEAN countries today decided to deepen cooperation in combating terrorism through information sharing, capacity building and reiterated their commitment to battle the menace by disrupting and…
DAVAO CITY – President Duterte on Saturday said Indonesian and Malaysian troops can enter the Philippines in pursuit of terrorists. Speaking to reporters upon his arrival from a state visit…
CAIRO – A civil war within a civil war has broken out in Yemen. Rifts exploded within the U.S.-backed alliance joining Yemen's president and the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels,…
