Month: September 2015

  • Fishing pirates flee Thailand

    “We blinked and the ship was gone.” Fishing pirates flee Thailand in black-listed boat Lindsay Murdoch Bangkok:  A notorious black-listed fishing vessel has broken free of Thai naval authorities off the […]

  • Indian warships to visit Qatar

    Growing naval cooperation between nations. Indian warships plan goodwill visit to Qatar Indian Naval ships Deepak, Delhi, Tabar and Trishul are on a month-long deployment to the GCC region to […]

  • Nigerian Customs’ deploys patrols

    Customs boats join Nigerian Navy, Marine Police, NIMASA and Joint Task Force in policing waters. Customs deploys 11 gunboats to fight piracy, smuggling By Eugene Agha The Nigerian Custom Service […]

  • Hodeidah port bombings cause deaths

    Claims two boats in port were hit. 20 Indians reportedly killed at Yemen’s Hodeidah port, Ministry of External Affairs ascertaining facts Sanaa: At least 20 Indian nationals were killed by […]

  • HMAS Melbourne back with CMF

    Return for highly successful ship and crew. HMAS Melbourne arrives for encore performance Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne has arrived in the Middle East and commenced her first patrol […]

  • Danish Maritime Days Approaches

    Regional Maritime Security Challenges high on agenda. Maritime Security Challenges to be Addressed During Danish Maritime Days Piracy and armed robbery against ships, corruption, and illegal trafficking are well-known maritime […]

  • New patrol boats for Philippines

    State Department awards contract to firm to provide Manila with the boats. US to Deliver Four New Patrol Vessels to the Philippines By Prashanth Parameswaran The Philippines will receive four […]

  • Detained journalists ask for deportation

    Team was filming piracy doc for National Geographic. Detained British journalists ask for deportation Two British journalists detained by Indonesian authorities for making a documentary about piracy in the Malacca […]

  • PLA Navy, Egypt drills

    PLA vessels had finished anti-piracy deployment. PLA conducts first joint naval drills with Egypt The Chinese and Egyptian navies have completed their first joint naval drills in the Mediterranean, reports […]

  • Nigeria’s strategic plan

    New strategy to secure waterways. Naval Chief Unveils Strategic Plan for Maritime Safety POSTED BY SEGUN ADEBOWALE The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, in one of […]