Month: October 2020

  • Delta hostages rescued

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    Nigerian troops rescue 3 Russian sailors, 2 others after raid of pirates’ hideout By Sumaila Ogbaje Three Russian sailors, one Ukrainian and one Equatorial Guinean kidnapped by pirates since 9 […]

  • Drugs seized at Ambarli

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    Turkish police seized 228 kilograms cocaine at a port in Turkey’s most populated city Istanbul and detained nine suspects, the Istanbul Governorship Provincial Police Department announced on Tuesday. The department […]

  • USCG in big drugs haul

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    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CMC) — The United States Coast Guard on Saturday reported that the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez offloaded approximately 1,981 kilogrammes of cocaine […]

  • CTF 151 and Oman talks

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    Press Release Commander of CTF 151 (CCTF 151) held a video conference call with the Commander of the Royal Navy of Oman (CRNO) to discuss future combined efforts in the […]

  • India, Bangladesh joint ops

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    Bangladesh Navy and Indian Navy on Saturday started a three-day coordinated patrol and bilateral exercise “Bongosagar” in the Bay of Bengal aimed at curbing maritime crimes and smuggling. Two Bangladesh […]

  • RN in huge drug bust

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    A Royal Navy task group has prevented drugs worth more than £160 million from potentially reaching the UK on two daring operations in the Caribbean. RFA Argus, alongside her Wildcat […]

  • Covid piracy surge?

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    by Theo Locherer The last quarterly report from the International Maritime Bureau shows the negative effects of the Covid-19 on maritime security. There tend to be significant upswings of piracy […]

  • Autonomous vessel found

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    Sam Chambers The coastguard in the UK is trying to find the owner of $400,000 worth of autonomous ship that has been found, wedged into a crack in the rocks […]

  • Egypt to buy MDA kit

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    The government of Egypt has requested the purchase of a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) system from the United States at a cost of $417 million. The US Defence Security Cooperation […]

  • IMO hit by cyberattack

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    International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said its website and intranet had been disabled by a “sophisticated cyber-attack”, and its IT specialists had shut down key systems to prevent further damage. The […]

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