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The United States has transferred three Cyclone class vessels to the Egyptian Navy, which will use them to patrol its coastline. US Naval Forces Central...

African maritime leaders along with their international counterparts are attending the first-of-its-kind African Maritime Forces Summit (AMFS) in Sal Island, Cabo Verde, this week,...

French shipyard CMN (Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie) has launched the first of two tank landing craft (LCTs) for the Angolan Navy. The first vessel (ND15)...

Despite the growing effectiveness of maritime operations along the route from Iran to Yemen, drug and weapons trafficking remains a serious threat with consequences...

The crew of the USCGC Spencer returned to their home port in Portsmouth on 10 March following an 88-day deployment to Africa. During the patrol,...

Southern African regional maritime security has long been led by South Africa evidenced by ongoing – although irregular – patrols in the Mozambique Channel. This...

Cote d’Ivoire has ordered two OPV-45 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) from Israel and the first of these has been completed and has just arrived...

A routine patrol off the East African coast by warships detached to the European Union (EU) tasking Operation Atalanta netted the first haul of...

South African inflatable boat manufacturer Mako Marine has concluded the delivery of a number of inflatable boats to the Armed Forces of Mozambique (FADM). Mozambique’s...

Exercise Mosi II between the South African, Russian and Chinese navies will see five intensive days of sea and alongside activities, but no hypersonic...

Italian electronic warfare (EW) specialist Elettronica has been selected to supply the EW systems for the Angolan Navy’s new BR71 Mk II corvettes that...

A French national rescued in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by a Russian Navy tanker heading for Exercise Mosi II with South Africa,...

Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov (pennant number 454) ported briefly in Durban en route to Richards Bay and Exercise Mosi II in what the...

Angola has signed a 1 billion euro deal with the United Arab Emirate’s Edge group that will see Edge subsidiary Abu Dhabi Ship Building...

Hensoldt South Africa is supplying a SERO 250S submarine periscope to a Latin American navy as part of a follow-up order for a periscope...

Partners and allies have celebrated the conclusion of exercise Obangame Express 2023 (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, at...

France’s Ocea has received another order from Nigeria, this time for nine vessels for the Nigerian Navy. At the beginning of February, Ocea announced the...

French Navy (Marine Nationale) surveillance frigate Le Nivose (F732) will arrive in the port of Durban on Tuesday 31 January, ahead of her regular...

The US Coast Guard’s Famous-class medium endurance cutter Spencer has arrived in Lome, Togo, following a stop in Dakar whilst on a scheduled deployment...

Obangame Express (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, kicked off its 12th year with 32 participating nations on 23...

Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party shadow defence and military veteran minister Kobus Marais is diplomatic in his choice of words to describe the upcoming...

Mosi, the second tri-nation naval exercise to be held in South African waters with Chinese and Russian participation, is going ahead in five weeks'...

The United States has delivered a new 10 metre long patrol boat as well as maintenance and launch facilities to Benin to assist it...

Exercise Obangame Express 2023, the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, will kick off its 12th year with 29 participating nations...

The Egyptian Navy has taken over command of the newly formed Red Sea task force CTF 153, which was created in April 2022. The US...

The United States has donated two patrol boats worth over $1 million to Tanzania, the latest of several recent donations to African navies. The two...

The Famous-class medium endurance US Coast Guard Cutter Spencer has arrived in Praia, Cabo Verde, for a scheduled port visit. The US Navy said the...

The Russian cargo vessel Lady R is long gone – currently at anchor off Beira in Mozambique - with unanswered questions about her docking...

South Africa’s east coast between Durban and Richards Bay is set to be a hive of naval activity for 10 days in February when...

The replacement for long-serving hydrographic survey vessel (HSV) SAS Protea (A324) has a ship’s name to go with her pennant number A187. When she is...

Armed Forces Day (AFD) next year will have a distinctly naval flavour with the event set down for northern KwaZulu-Natal port city Richards Bay...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise maintains there are five reasons why the SA Navy (SAN) cannot meet its annual sea hours target...

The “deafening silence” around Lady R and her seemingly secret stop in Naval Base (NB) Simon’s Town’s harbour serves only to raise suspicions Democratic...

Recently retired Chief of the SA Navy (SAN) Vice Admiral Mosiwa Hlongwane says the maritime service intends expanding utilisation of the “Project Thusano” Cuban...

The furtive arrival of Russian cargo vessel Lady R in Simon’s Town earlier this week was nowhere near in the same class as her...

Vice Admiral Monde Lobese knows he has a tough mission ahead of him, having only been appointed Chief of the South African Navy on...

The French Navy has seized nearly 5 tons of cocaine from a Brazilian vessel in the Gulf of Guinea. The shipment was destined for...

The arrival of a Russian cargo ship in Simon’s Town, the home port of the SA Navy (SAN) fleet, is believed to be a...

After eight long and challenging years, outgoing Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Mosiwa Hlongwane, sounded a warning to politicians to ensure...

US naval forces in the Middle East have intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50 tons of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for...

Exercise Oxide 2022 has run its course with satisfaction expressed on the serials, ranging from Casevac to VBSS (visit, board, search and seizure), executed...

The growing sophistication and affordability of unmanned systems could ease Africa’s shortage of maritime security resources. On 29 October, Ukraine attacked Russian naval ships in...

French shipyard Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) has delivered an Ocean Eagle 43 trimaran patrol boat to the Angolan Navy, some years after supplying...

The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a 46 metre long patrol boat donated by the People’s Republic of China. The vessel was handed over...

“Budgetary constraints” will not stand in the way of the SA Navy (SAN) when it comes to executing its mandate of providing prepared and...

The biennial maritime Exercise Oxide between South Africa and France commenced on Thursday 17 November with the arrival of Reunion-based French patrol ship Le...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and Department of Transport (DoT) will adopt South African’s new National Maritime Security Strategy (NMSS) by April...

India and France have teamed up to carry out a joint maritime surveillance mission in the Mozambique Channel using P-8I and Falcon 50 aircraft. The...

Hensoldt South Africa is aiming to enlarge its naval business with its Quadome radar and Skylark-N electronic surveillance, tracking and monitoring solution and has...

Today (Friday, 4 November) sees the conclusion of the main planning conference for a second tri-nation naval exercise involving China, Russia and South Africa. South...