Tag: somali piracy

  • No Assumption base sign off

    India made an Assumption. India’s Plan To Open Military Base In Indian Ocean Island Runs Aground Seychelles’ opposition coalition, which holds a majority in parliament, said Tuesday it would not […]

  • Varuna-18 kicks off

    Busy month for the French Navy. Indo-French naval exercise ‘Varuna-18’ begins off Goa coast The navies of India and France are currently engaged in a joint bilateral exercise, “Varuna-18”, in […]

  • New JMIO for Pakistan

    Push for information sharing. Pakistan to establish body for maritime security By Riazul Haq ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday decided to establish a joint maritime information organisation (JMIO) for the detection […]

  • India’s back yard

    Keeping an eye on its coasts as well as the PLA Navy. Navy, Coast Guard work towards maritime security Soumyadip mullick The Indian Navy along with the Coast Guard have […]

  • Former pirates head home

    Will they return to the water? 76 Somali prisoners freed from Indian jails return home A total of 76 Somali nationals, who had been in Indian jails over piracy-related offenses, […]

  • Iran taunts USN

    Iran rattles its sabers again. General: US Powerless in the Face of Iran at Sea TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The US is impotent in the face of the Iranian naval forces […]

  • Somali piracy: 10 years on

    After Somali piracy, is sailing the Western Indian Ocean safe again? Sailors from the French Navy ship “La Somme” board a small craft after a pirate attack on a French […]

  • New boats for Kenya

    ‘Metal Sharks’ to be used to stop Al Shabaab entering Kenyan waters. US delivers final boats to Kenya Navy to bolster marine patrols By JOSEPH MURAYA NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 – […]

  • CG for Kenya?

    A new CG emerges? Kenya: Bill proposes an armed force to fight terrorism, maritime crime By FRED MUKINDA Kenya could soon have an armed force that will predominantly operate in […]

  • EUNAVFOR confirms attack

    Alert issued by UKMTO on Friday. EU NAVFOR confirms MT Leopard Sun attacked 160 nautical miles off the central coast of Somalia. On 23rd February at 0030 local time, the Motor […]