Military

  • Winning Battle

    Efforts to combat piracy off the Somali coast have reduced the number of successful attacks on merchant ships, though the battle is far from over, a senior British navy officer […]

  • Somali Survey

    Royal Navy survey ship “HMS Echo” is supporting the anti-piracy effort in the Indian Ocean by updating badly-needed charts of the region and eliminating no-go areas for Allied warships. Not […]

  • Air Strikes

    An Al Shabaab commander as well as residents have claimed that helicopters attacked military camps near the southern city of Kismayo. Two Al Shabaab fighters were said to have been […]

  • High Cost

    Ship owners in the Netherlands are paying around $70,000 per vessel to the Dutch Defence Ministry for safeguarding efforts against pirates. The “charges” had been set by the government, but […]

  • Nabbed Ashore

    14 Somali pirates and 3 Yemen nationals were nabbed by police off the Indian coast on Monday (June 20). The group had landed ashore in a boat after it ran […]

  • Heading Ashore

    The Dutch navy will be allowed to fight pirates on Somali territory. A majority in Dutch parliament agreed with Defence Minister, Hans Hillen, that the anti-piracy effort has to be […]

  • New Lead

    The EU’s Political and Security Committee has announced the appointment of Rear Admiral Duncan Potts from the UK as Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force Atalanta Operation combating piracy […]

  • Naval Blazing

    Somali pirates recently launched an attack on a Pakistani naval vessel, “PNS Babur”. Pak Navy commandos onboard the vessel responded and the pirates were forced to flee. The vessel had […]

  • Come Together

    No country can go it alone in counter-piracy efforts believes a senior US naval officer. Cooperation between countries bordering the Indian Ocean is essential for improving maritime security, according to US […]

  • Mission Over

    Turkish frigate “TCG Giresun” has completed its anti-piracy mission off Somalia and returned to Turkey, Turkish Naval Forces Command said in a statement. The frigate docked at a navy base […]