UKMTO Weekly Report 2 – 8 Sep 2018
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The Kuwaiti Coastguard took command of a regional task force in charge of maritime security - the Combined Task Force (CTF) 152. In a ceremony held at the US Navy…
Nigerian Navy, ECOWAS Agree on Joint Maritime Patrol The Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the heads of the…
(MENAFN - SomTribune) The international community must revitalize military, diplomatic and economic interventions to eradicate the menace of piracy off the coast of Somalia, experts told Xinhua in separate interviews…
Myanmar officials investigating a "ghost ship" found mysteriously drifting near the Yangon region this week have found the answer to its fate. The large, empty and rusty container vessel, Sam…
Source: CNN Washington (CNN)The US Navy says it seized hundreds of small arms including AK-47s from a boat in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday. The vessel, which was unflagged,…
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The Nigerian Navy in Bonny, Rivers, says it seized about 1.22 million litres of adulterated diesel from six crewmen believed to be smugglers. The suspects, who were arrested along the…
The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Tuesday said it had arrested 26 vessels in the last 14 months for various offences within the maritime domain. The outgoing Flag Officer Commanding,…
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The collaboration between the two countries in the maritime security domain was in the spotlight again recently. Last week, the Philippines commissioned the last two of ten patrol vessels that…
Saudi Arabia may be planning to construct an oil terminal in al-Mahra, Yemen, an area that Saudi-allied forces currently control. According to a letter reviewed by Al Jazeera, the Saudi…
A tanker with 19 crew members on board has docked at a port in Togo after going missing for more than a week in a suspected hijacking off the West…
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By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor and Godwin Oritse Blames international politics Contrary to the reports of the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, which put Nigeria on the top spot in global…
THAILAND and Malaysia offered differing accounts of an incident off Satun province on Sunday, in which four Thais, including three police senior sergeant-majors, were arrested and accused of robbing Malaysian…
Information from the Regional Center for Maritime Safety of Central Africa (CRESMAC), based in Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo and controlling the Gulf of Guinea, says a missing oil…
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera is on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka. The visit is expected to enhance the defense cooperation between the two countries amid the growing assertiveness…