Month: June 2013

  • Strengthening Ties

    Members of the Somali Federal Government discuss how they can work with the EU to help strengthen maritime security and economic development in Somalia. The European Union And The Somali […]

  • CARAT Malaysia Wraps Up

    The annual CARAT exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Malaysian Armed Forces has drawn to a close with a ceremony on Kuantan Naval Base CARAT Malaysia Wraps […]

  • Security in Gulf of Guinea

    Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will leave for Cameroon on Sunday ahead of a meeting of West and Central African leaders on maritime security in the pirate-infested Gulf of Guinea Regional […]

  • Simulated Maritime Scenario

    Working with Lockheed Martin and the UK Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems have linked simulation facilities to create a common environment to evaluate F-35 interoperability UK/US trials review F-35 interoperability […]

  • Pacific Bond 13

    Australia, Japan and U.S. Naval forces flexed the Anti-Submarine Warfare aspects of exercise Pacific Bond 2013 near the Marianas Island chain Allied Navies Perform ASW Exercise During Pacific Bond 13 […]

  • Tackling Insecurity in West Africa’s Waters

    For the first time, piracy now affects more seafarers in West African waters than off Somalia’s coast, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau released last week Tackling Insecurity […]

  • EUNAVFOR Cooperation with Mozambique

    Between 17- 21 of June 2013, the EU Naval Force Portuguese flagship, NRP Álvares Cabral, visited the port of Pemba in Mozambique. EU Naval Force Strengthens Cooperation with Mozambique Between […]

  • Abduction Like Bad Movie

    A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria has described the attack on his ship and his five-day ordea as though he had been in a bad movie. Traumatised […]

  • Joint Manoeuvres Near Disputed Reef

    The United States and the Philippines are to hold joint naval manoeuvres in the South China Sea next week between the main island of Luzon and a reef claimed by […]

  • Island Woes for Arsenal FC

    The ‘cat that made it to Manchester on the back of a van’ story this week regards Arsenal FC’s latest woes; it appears that the world famous football club has […]