Tag: anti-piracy

  • Taiwan, Japan talks

    The two countries reached agreements on issues of illegal fishing, human trafficking, drug smuggling, and scientific research, with two MoUs signed in Tokyo Successful Taiwan-Japan maritime cooperation talks conclude in […]

  • Red Wave 1 preps

    Multi-national exercise due. Saudi naval forces prepare for Red Wave 1 JEDDAH: The joint military drill, Red Wave 1, is to launch early next week with the participation of the […]

  • Fishing Somali waters

    Concern among Somalia’s fishing community. China will start fishing along Somalia’s coastline just as piracy makes a comeback The country with mainland Africa’s longest coastline is inviting China to its […]

  • Indian Navy rig drills

    The drill included anti-hijacking and bomb disposal exercise by slithering commandos on the oil rigs with choppers. Navy conducts offshore joint drill to check readiness Mumbai: The Navy conducted an offshore […]

  • Fishing hit by piracy

    Attacks and incidents in local waterways are often unreported by agencies. Fishermen lament frequent attacks by pirates in A’Ibom Patrick Odey Fishermen in Ibeno, a community in Akwa Ibom State, […]

  • The non-state threat

    He said that maritime piracy and maritime terrorism are the two major ways in which non-state actors threaten to jeopardise the security of the maritime domain, with a direct influence […]

  • Kidnappers identified

    Hostages now believed to be in the Philippines. Police identified group involved in kidnapping three fishermen Elton Gomes Police believed they have identified the group involved in the kidnapping of […]

  • Deterring piracy

    Presence suppresses piracy. Naval Forces, a Major Deterrent to Pirate Activity By Baibhav Mishra Over 20,000 merchant ships, including ten percent of global oil trade, transit the Gulf of Aden […]

  • Enrica Lexie case continues

    Enrica Lexie case rumbles on, six years later. International court to hear case of Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen An international tribunal will hear in July next year […]

  • Hostages freed

    Crew kidnapped on October 27th. Abducted Boxship Crewmembers Released by Nigerian Pirates Eight Polish crewmembers from the container ship Pomerania Sky have been released by their captors, two months after they were […]