Month: October 2017

  • Operation Octopusgrip

    Always let them know you’re coming… Operation ‘Octopusgrip’: Navy deploys 37 boats in Niger Delta The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Central Naval Command (CNC), Rear Adm. Bello Al-hassan, on Tuesday […]

  • Cyber-Attack: What’s at Stake

    Shipping begins to wake to the threat. Cyber-Attack: What’s at Stake By Payal Bhattar The global shipping industry has come of age with more automation, game-changing technologies and the-internet-of-things. But embarking […]

  • Nigeria outsources training

    Nigeria’s Navy, Army and Police to receive private sector training. FG hands over maritime security to Israeli firm FEDERAL Government has entered into a three years agreement with an Israeli […]

  • Boost for Sulu security

    The region of the Sulu Sea, just last year branded the ‘New Somalia’, is benefiting from a new trilateral security initiative. However, key challenges remain. Security in the Sulu Sea is […]

  • PLAN continue convoy ops

    Not really in doubt, given huge investment in new Djibouti base. China to continue escort missions in Gulf of Aden, Somalia China will continue to participate in escort missions in […]

  • Pirates pinch vessel

    Boat-shaped hole in water finally spotted. Pirates steal vessel donated to Nigeria by Japan Tola Adenubi – Lagos FINDINGS have revealed that a fishing and research vessel donated by the […]

  • Cyber training concerns

    It never happens until it happens… Lack of industry concern cited at cyber security training launch by Jamey Bergman At the launch event for a new cyber security training programme […]

  • Exercise Highcrest wraps

    Maritime security and counter-terror exercise a success. Exercise Highcrest: Maritime, land-based agencies keep ‘terrorists’ from reaching shore By Elizabeth Neo SINGAPORE: For the first time, land-based operations featured in a large-scale […]

  • UAVs to counter piracy?

    Drones could help close the capabilities gaps that allow pirates to flourish in Asian waters. Countering the ‘Pirates’ Paradise’: Unmanned Systems and Marine Security in Southeast Asia By Tobias Burgers and […]

  • Nigeria’s crime concerns

    Only yesterday, they reaffirmed their commitment to protect the nation’s waters. Criminals are migrating to the water space- CNS The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas yesterday in Lagos,  […]