Month: October 2020

  • Sea mine hits tanker

    Aframax mine blast off Yemen puts shipping on alert Sam Chambers Shipping has been put on alert to be highly vigilant when transiting the Gulf of Aden with news of […]

  • Turkish ship returns

    Turkish ship at centre of Greece row to return to Mediterranean The Turkish navy has said a research ship at the centre of an energy rights row with Greece will […]

  • Mexico port security

    Mexico Plans to Stop Port and Customs Corruption with Military Control In its latest efforts to break the stronghold on the illegal cartels, Mexico’s president is preparing to place the […]

  • NN suppressing piracy

    Protecting Nigeria’s territorial waters Despite that the Gulf of Guinea has been identified as global piracy hotbed, PRECIOUS IGBONWELUNDU reports that the sustained sea presence by the Nigerian Navy (NN) […]

  • EU aids Libya CG

    EU repairs 2 Libyan vessels for reinforcing maritime border security The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Libya on Thursday said that the EU has repaired two Libyan vessels […]

  • Malta’s IUU fishing fight

    Army begins maritime patrols following fishermen’s pleas about pirates at sea Surveillance intended to gather evidence to present in ‘appropriate fora’ Malta’s armed forces have been brought in to police […]

  • Royal Navy’s new CSG

    UK Royal Navy assembles carrier strike group for first time By: Stephen Kuper The UK Royal Navy’s new Carrier Strike Group (CSG) centred on HMS Queen Elizabeth has assembled for the first […]

  • GoG military exercise starts

    Nigeria joins military exercise in Gulf of Guinea The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday deployed six warships and 65 gunboats in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising navies from 16 countries. […]

  • MMEA ship detentions

    Malaysia: MMEA Johor detains two vessels in illegal ship-to-ship bunker transfer The Johor state division of Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Tuesday (6 October) said it detained two vessels […]

  • EUNAVFOR, JMSDF ops

    EU Says Held Anti-Piracy Naval Exercises With Japan In Gulf Of Aden Faizan Hashmi The European Union‘s diplomatic arm on Wednesday stated that the bloc’s naval forces had held anti-piracy […]