Month: August 2015

  • Cutlass Express 2016 Nations Meet

    Increasing interagency capabilities in deterring counter-piracy. Exercise Cutlass Express 2016 Nations Meet in Tanzania for Important Planning By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Margie Rodriguez Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Public […]

  • UNHCR, partners to help save lives at sea

    Information sharing and coordination to improve rescues. UNHCR and partners to help Libyans save lives at sea and improve corpse collection This is a summary of what was said by […]

  • Iran Navy foils pirate attack

    No details given, no confirmations received. Iran Navy foils pirate attack on vessel in Gulf of Aden The Iranian Navy has successfully thwarted a pirate attack on a merchant vessel […]

  • Port of Aden Reopens

    Now accepting merchant ships. Port of Aden Reopens for Business The port of Aden has opened after being shut down for four months due to armed clashes in the country, according to […]

  • Eight Smugglers Held for Murder

    Migrants kicked in head and forced back into hold. Eight Smugglers Held for Murder of 49 Who Suffocated in Boat’s Hold Desperate migrants who tried to escape suffocation in the hold […]

  • IONS working group meet

    Standard operating procedures discussed. Indian Ocean Naval Symposium working group meeting held Naval officials from India, Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Oman have gathered here to attend the Indian Ocean Naval […]

  • Iran to launch Sahand destroyer within months

    “Increasing threat posed by piracy in the Gulf of Aden”. Iran to launch Sahand destroyer within months Reporting on the final phases in the manufacturing of the Sahand destroyer, Navy […]

  • Nigerian Navy’s new tactics

    Niger Delta group explains persistence of menace Navy adopts fresh strategies against oil theft By Chido Okafor (Warri) and Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt) IN a renewed bid to drastically reduce […]

  • Hodeida port bombed

    Main aid port badly hit. Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen ‘aid port’ Hodeida Jets from a Saudi-led coalition targeted rebel Houthi positions in Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeida early on […]

  • US Offers To Help Fight Oil Theft

    Training and intel offered. US Offers To Help Check Crude Oil Theft In Gulf Of Guinea Joseph Bakare/Ijeoma Agudosi The United States of America has pledged to lend a hand […]