Islamic State (IS)-inspired terrorists holed up in Marawi are resisting government security forces tenaciously, but the military is on its way to liberating the city and rescuing the remaining hostages,…
The Navy's elite Marcos commandos on Friday foiled a piracy attempt against an Indian carrier with 26 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, a key shipping route near the…
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The EU and India have agreed to step up cooperation in maritime security in the Indian Ocean and beyond, while coordinating to deal with the global migration…
The Adaka Boro Avengers have warned that it would launch attacks on Bonny, Nembe and Forcasdos trunk lines if NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru, does not heed to its demands. One…
CMF’s Combined Task Force 151 has led an operation, in close cooperation with EU NAVFOR Somali, to deter, disrupt and deny acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia. With…
On 02 October 2017 at 1815UTC, a Merchant vessel was attacked by 1 speed boat in psn 041736N 0070400E (around 5 NM south of Bonny Island, Nigeria). Armed security team…
Turkey opened its biggest overseas military base on Saturday in Somalia's capital, cementing its ties with the volatile but strategic Muslim nation and building a presence in East Africa. More…
The Maritime Security Task Force (MSTF) closely monitors and could even board vessels that are found to have ill-intent towards Singapore, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament on…
Somalia's al Shabaab fighters attacked a military base outside the capital using car bombs and guns, killing 17 soldiers and taking control of the base and a nearby town, the…
Two civil society groups have advocated a new approach to boosting maritime security in Bayelsa waterways. Worried by the incessant killings of security personnel and civilians on the state’s waterways,…
At 2300UTC on 28 September 2017 in position: 0646.66S 03921.40E (Dar Es Salaam anchorage) 5 Armed Robbers boarded an MV and tied up a crew member before stealing a VHF…
On 28 September 2017 that a report on VHF CH16 had been heard from a MT stating she was under attack in posn:1557N 05229E. Report has been received from 2…
On 26th Sep 2017, in psn 03°48.73’N 006°35.96’E, 4nm south of BRASS TERMINAL and 30nm from the shore . A tanker was attacked. Two crew members reported to have been…
At 260700ZSEP17 in posn 1208N 04415E (between Bab el Mandeb and IRTC Point A) , a Merchant Vessel reported sighting five skiffs with four POB, one skiff came within one…
The Somali government has repeated its plea for world leaders to lift an international arms embargo, as the aid-dependent Horn of Africa nation continues to struggle with security threats from…
Representative image Rate Text Size: A A A Sea pirates shot dead at least three people, including a policeman, in an ambush in southern Nigeria's restive oil region, police said Saturday. Bayelsa state…
Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland yesterday seized a boat loaded with weapons from Yemen, the regional maritime police chief said. Puntland authorities displayed dozens of anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, AK-47…
The pirates tried to hijack the Thai-flagged tanker, which was carrying seven million ringgit ($1.7 million) worth of diesel, off the coast of Terengganu state on peninsular Malaysia in early…
Warri - Sea pirates have kidnapped five people from a ship off the coast of oil-rich southern Nigeria, police and maritime security analysts said on Thursday. The incident happened on…
At 0721UTC 22 SEP 17 in posn 12 37N 047 28E, one skiff sighted with three POB and weapons sighted. Mariners are advised to exercise extreme caution when transiting this…