Tag: illegal bunkering

  • USS Barry returns to the South China Sea

    By: Lt.j.g. Samuel Hardgrove, USS Barry SOUTH CHINA SEA – After conducting its fourth routine transit through the Taiwan Strait this year, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) […]

  • Combined Maritime Forces in large drug seizure

    Combined Maritime Forces seize over 450kg Methamphetamine and 360kg heroin in third drug bust since October A French ship operating in support of a Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) task force […]

  • ISMI Strengthens Africa’s Gulf Of Guinea Ship Targeting And Ship Search Capabilities

    As the main entry points for goods, ports are of strategic importance to African economies, worldwide, 90% of trade is carried out by the sea. In Africa, the Gulf of […]

  • India joins trilateral naval drills amid China tensions

    Cheena Kapoor Amid high border tensions with China, India is participating in a two-day trilateral maritime naval exercise which commences in the Arabian Sea on Sunday, confirmed the Indian Navy. […]

  • Coalition Task Force Sentinel Change of Command

    Media Release MANAMA, Bahrain – Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel held a change of command ceremony between two British officers at Naval Support Activity Bahrain November 19. The transfer of […]

  • France donates boats to Togo

    Written by Guy Martin France has donated two semi-rigid patrol boats to Togo’s navy, which will use them to combat piracy and other maritime crimes. The vessels were officially handed […]

  • Oil companies tighten Nigeria security as protests, job losses stoke tension

    PORT HARCOURT/LAGOS: Oil companies have asked security services to tighten surveillance as violent anti-police brutality protests and the expected sacking of hundreds of workers worsen desperation in the region, industry […]

  • Russia to Build Naval Facility in Sudan

    By Kester Kenn Klomegah Emerging from the first Russia-Africa Summit held in Sochi a year ago, Russia will make one huge stride by establishing a naval facility in Sudan. This […]

  • Yemeni officials repeat warnings over Safer oil tanker

    Saeed Al-Batati Iran-backed Houthi’s use of naval mines and bomb boats, and the group’s resistance to maintaining the Safer tanker are serious threatens to international maritime traffic and ecological life […]

  • Nimitz Strike Group Participates in Malabar with Australia, India and Japan

    NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA– Sailors and Marines assigned to Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, joined Australian, Indian, Japanese maritime forces for Phase II of Malabar 2020 in the Northern Arabian Sea, Nov. […]