Month: June 2013

  • Keeping Skills Sharp

    Whilst at sea recently, the Finnish EUNAVFOR AVPD conducted an exercise to hone their skills in combined battle drill and tactical combat casualty care (TCCC). Finnish EU Naval Force Autonomous […]

  • Enforcement of ISPS Code Begins

    In a bid to ensure compliance, NIMASA said it has began the process of installing ‘black flags’ in Nigerian ports that are not ISPS Code compliant. Enforcement of ISPS Code on […]

  • Search and Rescue Techniques

    As part of a wider integration with Gulf maritime forces, Combined Task Force 152 planned and supervised a series of Search and Rescue exercises, known as Exercise Falcon Response, off […]

  • EUNAVFOR and Chinese Navy Work Together

    Chinese Navy warship CNS Mianyang met ITS Zeffiro at sea to take over escort duties for the World Food Programme from the Italian warship. EU Naval Force and Chinese Navy […]

  • Iran Navy resolved to protect vessels

    Iran Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s determination to protect maritime security for the country’s commercial vessels. Iran Navy resolved to protect vessels in free […]

  • Australia-Japan whaling case in court

    Public hearings are under way in The Hague as Australia and Japan take their fight over whaling to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Australia-Japan whaling case in international court […]

  • War Games Near Flashpoint Reef

     A US destroyer joined the Philippine Navy’s flagship for war games that started Thursday close to a flashpoint area of the South China Sea, adding to tensions with China over […]

  • USS Blue Ridge departs

    U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Dili, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste after completing a three-day port visit June 27. USS Blue Ridge departs By Mass Communications […]

  • GoG loses $2bn annually to piracy

    Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea costs regional countries an annual 2 billion USD, posing an increasing threat to the oil-rich region in West Africa. Gulf of Guinea countries lose […]

  • African States Join Forces

    West and central African nations have agreed to create a regional centre for coordinating the fight against a sharp rise in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea that is jeopardising […]