Tag: kidnapping

  • US works with PH to improve maritime awareness, security

    By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora MANILA – The United States Embassy in Manila said Washington is working with the Philippines to strengthen its maritime domain awareness and ability to secure […]

  • US joins race to find stricken Indonesia submarine

    The US military is sending airborne assistance to aid Indonesia’s search for a missing submarine with 53 crew. Indonesian authorities estimate they have just hours left to find the navy […]

  • NIMASA seeks collaboration on maritime security

    Temiloluwa O’Peters The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Bashir Jamoh, has stressed the need for the involvement of judges, lawyers, and other relevant prosecuting agencies […]

  • Abu Sayyaf’s Last Known Seafarer Abductees Released

    By Ankur Kundu On April 16, ReCAAP released its first quarter report on piracy and armed robbery targeting ships in Asia. The report marks a 39 percent decrease in the […]

  • Suspected Oil Thieves Accuse Naval Officer Of Sponsorship

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State Command,last Friday paraded eight men suspected to be illegal oil bunckerers, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The suspects, […]

  • Marine Nationale achieves high-value drugs bust

    French frigate FS Guépratte has seized 1,380 lbs (626 kg) of methamphetamine worth more than $17 million, during the latest Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-narcotics operation in the Arabian Sea, […]

  • Egypt joins Combined Maritime Forces as member state

    Egypt has become the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), April 12. CMF is an enduring multinational coalition committed to upholding the International Rules Based Order by countering […]

  • Gulf of Guinea retains world piracy hotspot status

    Africa, particularly the Gulf of Guinea, remains the world hotspot for piracy with 43% of all incidents reported in the first quarter of this year coming from the busy shipping […]

  • Fifteen sailors kidnapped off Benin coast freed

    The Dutch owners of a ship whose 15 crew members were kidnapped off the coast of Benin last month says they have been freed. De Poli Tankers said the crew […]

  • Nigerian Navy Acquires Tools to Fight Crude Oil Theft

    By Kingsley Ogbodu The Nigerian Navy has acquired 172 patrol boats, four helicopters, four ships and 14 unmanned aerial vehicles to aid its fight against crude oil theft and sea […]