Offshore Installations

  • French, WAF navies in piracy drills

    Exercise Nemo promoting anti-piracy skills. French and West African navies practiced anti-piracy drills in Exercise Nemo Two French warships have taken part in a maritime exercise in the Gulf of […]

  • Nigeria to detain foreign guards

    Life becoming harder for Western PMSCs. FG to detain ships entering nation’s territorial water with foreign guards By Godwin Oritse LAGOS — THE Federal Government has said that it will not […]

  • Floating armoury investigation ongoing

    AGMS operates floating armoury used by PMSCs. More disclosures on previous Govt’s private army PM directs Minister of State for Defence to conduct full probe, CID detectives question retired senior […]

  • Upstream WAF, CSO Alliance partner

    Upstream West Africa, CSO Alliance partner Press Release Vale Media Group, the Sub Saharan Africa focused Oil, Gas & Mining Business to Business (B2B) events company, announced today the strategic […]

  • Fighting Asian piracy

    Increase in incidents prompts regional security debate. The threat of piracy in the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca increase By Martin Sieff Piracy in the South China Sea […]

  • Piracy in Ghana

    GGR concerned at security in Ghana’s waters.  Piracy in Ghana: Is Accra still in denial? By Cassie Blombaum, Guardian Global Resources Limited Last week was a difficult one for Accra. To […]

  • CMF hosts MIP exercise

    Five day exercise focused on securing maritime infrastructure.  CTF-152 hosts international Maritime Infrastructure Protection Exercise in the Gulf Combined Task Force 152 (CTF-152) held a major maritime infrastructure protection exercise […]

  • Mozambique orders interceptors

    New craft to bolster security efforts. Mozambique orders additional HSI32 interceptors Mozambique has ordered three more HSI32 interceptor boats from French company CMN, joining the three Ocean Eagle 43 trimarans, […]

  • China expands construction work

    Ownership disputed by Vietnam, China and Philippines.  China expands construction work in disputed Spratly waters By NAOJI SHIBATA Beijing appears to have made steady advances in the construction of port […]

  • JTF talks tough on kidnappers, pirates

    JTF ramps up the rhetoric against pirates.  JTF talks tough on kidnappers, pirates Akam James, Yenagoa Apparently disturbed by the spate of criminal activities in the Niger-Delta region, authorities of […]