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,…
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s maritime agency and Japan’s coast guard on Monday hailed a weeklong joint exercise focusing on combating piracy at sea as well as search and rescue…
NIGERIAN Maritime Sector accounts for over 80 per cent of our international trade through transportation, fishing, oil and gas. But the irony is that 80 per cent of most criminal…
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Germany and Norway have recently announced they would stop selling weapons to countries in the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen. But the US told Business Insider that it has…
A coalition of militant groups in Ondo State yesterday gave oil companies operating in the state three days to leave over non-enrollment of their members in the Federal Government Amnesty…
On 27 January 2018 at 0001UTC, an attempt was made to board a merchant vessel in psn 0618N 00320E (Lagos anchorage, Nigeria). Crew raised the alarm and contacted a security…
On 24 January 2018 at 0615UTC, a bulk carrier was attacked by 2 speed boats with 2/3 armed men in psn 0339N 00637.2E (40NM south of Bonny Fairway Buoy, Nigeria).…
Context: This week India will host heads of state or government of all 10 nations (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) of the Association…
In response to the threats arising from the conflict in Yemen, BIMCO, ICS and INTERTANKO have published interim guidance on maritime security in the southern Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb.…
