Tensions Increase

Amidst ongoing tension between the Philippines and China over the Scarborough Shoal territorial dispute, a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine has been spotted off the coast of Subic Bay Freeport

Blow to pirates on shoreline

15th May – Earlier today, following the decision taken on 23 March 2012 by the Council of the European Union to allow the EU Naval

Piracy Threatens Development

Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza (pictured) has expressed concern that his country’s future economic development could suffer the effects of piracy off the coast of Somalia being a threat to offshore ...

Rethinking the Strait of Hormuz

If hostilities break out over any disruption of traffic through this busy sea lane, the Navy had better look long and hard at Iran’s anti-access/area-denial capabilities. Rethinking the Strait of Hormuz By ...

Face to Face

Very few of the Somali-based pirates who plague the Indian Ocean have been brought to justice, partly as a result of the lack of government in Somalia. But several are ...

MT Smyrni Hijacked

Reuters have reported that the Greek-owned oil tanker MT Smyrni has been hijacked in the Arabian Sea off Oman. It is believed that the vessel is headed for the Somali coastline. Pirates hijack Greek-owned tanker ...

Quiet Withdrawal

Four frigates scrapped in defence review leave British Royal Navy unable to commit full-time to David Cameron's foreign policy priority. Cuts force Royal Navy to drop Somalia piracy patrol By Nick Hopkins, ...

New Prison

A United Nations financed prison for Somali pirates has been opened in Somaliland's capital Hargeisa. The facility, built to counter the flood of new arrivals overwhelming jails elsewhere in the ...

Slowing Down

With last year's bill for running faster through high-risk areas put at $2.7bn, shipping companies have switched to relying on guards, rather than speed, for protection. Ships slow down in pirate ...

Fighting al Shabaab

Western powers have been backing efforts to crush al Shabaab as they worry Somalia has become a safe haven for Islamist militants seeking to wreak havoc in the region and ...

« Previous Page — Next Page »

Password Reset