Global piracy down, Gulf of Guinea still a concern
Incidents of international piracy and armed robbery are at their lowest level in 27 years, according to International Maritime Bureau (IMB) statistics, with the...
IMDEC 2021 focuses on security at sea to ensure free trade in Gulf of...
Chiefs of Navies and Air Forces from across the world attended the two-day International Maritime Defence and Exhibition Conference (IMDEC) 2021 hosted by the...
IAI-ELTA Provides An Effective Maritime Situation Picture Beyond The Horizon
Securing maritime borders and ensuring the safety of vessels and other important assets within a nation's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) constitute essential elements of...
IAI’s Maritime Heron ideal for maritime security
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was the first unmanned aerial systems (UAS) manufacturer to deploy drones on maritime surveillance missions and has built up decades...
Sandock Austral and Petram Fortis team up to offer maritime security solutions to Ghana
Sandock Austral, the largest black-owned shipyard in Africa, and Ghanaian defence contractor Petram Fortis, have teamed up to offer world class maritime security solutions...
Terror threat makes seafarer crew change impossible in northern Mozambique, ITF warns
Increasing violence in Mozambique is making safe vessel crew changes impossible, the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has warned, as seafarers are at risk...
SADC unable to effectively manage its maritime spaces – Hlongwane
Unchecked insurgent activity in Mozambican waters is one indication that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is unable to effectively manage its maritime spaces,...
Israel Shipyards presenting new commercial services options at IMDEC 2021
Israel Shipyards, one of the leading shipbuilding and repair companies in the Eastern Mediterranean serving naval and commercial marine markets – is presenting, for...
Safeguarding your waters
Saab is your trusted defence and security solution provider for navies looking to address their Maritime Security Challenges in the Gulf of Guinea and...
Senegalese Navy intercepts drug trafficking ship
Senegal’s Navy has intercepted and seized a ship 240 km off its coastline that was found to be transporting a large quantity of hashish.
In...
Defence industry experts appeal for collaboration to combat maritime security challenges
South Africa needs to improvise and create innovative solutions to work within budget constraints to solve maritime security problems, according to a Hensoldt South...
French warship FS Languedoc seizes $4.3 million worth of narcotics
French Marine Nationale ship FS Languedoc, assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, seized 409 kg of heroin worth over $4.3 million dollars during...
Op Irini extended for a further year
The EU maritime intervention to stop arms illegally reaching strife-torn Libya will continue for another year thanks to a UN Security Council authorisation.
The vote...
Nigeria launches Deep Blue maritime security project
President Muhammadu Buhari has officially launched Nigeria’s Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure programme, also known as the Deep Blue Project, which aims...
Affordable technologies can help with South Africa’s maritime security shortcomings
Affordable technologies are available to assist South Africa regain lost maritime security capabilities, with the creation of a coastal surveillance network one solution.
This is...
The key to success of the Nigerian Deep Blue Project does not lie offshore...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the Deep...
Crew kidnapped from Ghanaian fishing vessel as West African piracy continues
Five crew are reported kidnapped off the Ghanaian fishing vessel Iris S in the Gulf of Guinea in the latest incident of piracy in...
Piracy to come under the spotlight at IMDEC 2021
Piracy, smuggling and trafficking will come under the spotlight at the International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference (IMDEC) in Ghana in July.
The Ghanaian Navy...
SA Navy annual security conference goes virtual
South Africa’s maritime service is taking up the cudgels of the virtual information era thrust on the world by COVID-19 and will on Friday...
US law enforcement participate in exercise Phoenix Express to help tackle maritime crime
Law enforcement experts from the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) conducted a subject matter...
World maritime body wants action on Gulf of Guinea piracy
The Gulf of Guinea is repeatedly the worst body of water in the world for mariners with high rates of piracy which a top...
Tuna fishing vessel crew kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea
Five crew members of the fishing vessel Atlantic Princess were kidnapped after pirates boarded her south of the Ghanaian port Tema.
According to Dryad Global...
ISS: Africa must stake its claim in the Indo-Pacific
East coast and island nations cannot afford to be marginalised in the latest redrawing of the geopolitical map.
The Indo-Pacific is a term increasingly used...
Four Suspected Poachers Arrested in Table Mountain National Park
South African National Parks (SANParks) announced today (17 March) the successful arrest of several suspected poachers in Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) during the...
SA in “conversation” with Mozambique on Op Copper
Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) heard the South African military, in all probability in the form of the Joint Operations Division, “prompted...
USS warship seizes huge cache of weapons in the Arabian Sea
The US Navy’s guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) seized a massive shipment of illicit weapons from a stateless dhow in international waters in...
Record heroin seizure by Canadian warship in the Arabian Sea
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) ship HMCS Calgary has made the largest ever heroin bust in Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) history, operating under the...
Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected drone attack
Syria's oil ministry said firefighters on Saturday put out a fire on an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery after a suspected attack by...
Cabo Delgado insurgents pose an increasing maritime risk – Dryad
The recent attacks on the coastal town of Palma, Cabo Delgado, over the past few weeks by Islamic State affiliated Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jamamah (ASWJ),...
High value drug bust for French frigate in the Arabian Sea
The French frigate FS Guépratte has seized 626 kg of methamphetamine worth more than $17 million during the latest Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-narcotics...
Egypt becomes 34th member nation of the Combined Maritime Forces
Egypt has become the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), a multinational coalition committed to countering illicit non-state actors on the high...
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...
Turkey, Libya committed to eastern Mediterranean maritime accord
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey and Libya were committed to a 2019 maritime demarcation accord in the eastern Mediterranean, after...
Iran cargo ship attacked in Red Sea – Al Arabiya TV
An Iranian cargo ship has come under attack in the Red Sea, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed sources, and semi-official Iranian...
Five drug seizures in one week for Combined Maritime Forces in the Arabian Sea
French Marine Nationale ships have recorded five seizures of illicit drugs in just six days whilst participating in a counter-narcotics focused operation under the...
Kenya Revenue Authority gets patrol boat for Lake Victoria
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation (JICA), and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has launched a new...
Saudi-led coalition destroys Houthi rigged boats, drones – state media
The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi forces has destroyed two explosive-laden boats that the Iran-aligned group planned to use in an “imminent” attack launched...
Israeli-owned ship hit by missile in suspected Iranian attack: Israeli official
A cargo ship owned by an Israeli company was damaged by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday in what was suspected to...
Nanosatellites to boost SA maritime security
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) is investing R18.9 million in the development of nanosatellites to increase maritime domain awareness – a first...
French Falcon 50 helps intercept illegal fishing vessel off Senegal
The crew of a French Falcon 50M maritime surveillance aircraft helped intercept an illegal fishing vessel off the coast of Senegal.
On 18 March, the...
French Navy seizes six ton of cocaine in the Gulf of Guinea
The French Navy’s amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmude has seized six tons of cocaine at sea in what the French defence ministry said is a...
Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose seizes third drugs haul in five weeks
Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has struck for a third time in less than five weeks. In an operation lasting ten hours, the Montrose...
Fifteen crew kidnapped in Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea remains one of the most dangerous bodies of water worldwide for seafarers with the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) urging ships...
Crew kidnapped in chemical tanker hijacking off Nigeria
On 11 March, about 220 nautical miles south-southwest of Lagos, the Malta-flagged chemical tanker Davide B was boarded by nine armed men and 15...
Aerial assets impact positively on Op Atalanta
The European Union naval tasking off the Horn of Africa, which started life as protection for World Food Programme (WFP) vessels delivering food aid...
French frigate seizes 3 tons of narcotics in the Arabian Sea
The French Marine Nationale ship (FS) Jean Bart intercepted over 2 900 kg of illicit drugs on 12 February in the latest successful Combined...
Piracy off West Africa at “breaking point”
The seas off West Africa, particularly the Gulf of Guinea, are synonymous with piracy and other maritime crime. Respected maritime risk and security analysts...
ISS: Africa can learn maritime lessons from its small island states
The African Union and African states should recognise the achievements of organisations like the Indian Ocean Commission.
On 24 January, the French frigate Nivôse seized 444 kg of...
De Haas interceptors delivered to Nigeria
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has received more DHM1050 interceptor boats from De Haas Maasluis in the Netherlands for its Deep...
Israeli-owned ship in Dubai for assessment after explosion
An Israeli-owned ship hit by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman strategic waterway has arrived at a port in Dubai, where is it...