Tag: Indian Ocean

The current world maritime hotspot around the Red Sea, northern Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and East Africa saw six incidents at sea reported...

“Worrying” is the word used by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) to describe the increase to date this year of piracy in the Indian...

At least 12 alleged pirates are confirmed by Operation Atlanta personnel to be aboard the hijacked bulk carrier Abdullah, now at anchor some 600...

Pirates have seized a Bangladeshi-flagged and owned ship, the bulk carrier Abdullah, en route from the port of Maputo in Mozambique. The vessel was...

The new man at the helm of the European Union (EU) naval force off East Africa is an Italian rear admiral with, as is...

Operation Atalanta, the European Union (EU) maritime tasking in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, today (Thursday, 23...

From being a protector of food supplies destined for nutrition deprived Somalis, Operation Atalanta evolved into a broad-base maritime security provider. The European Union (EU)...

A regular Operation Atalanta maritime security patrol off the coast of Oman was rewarded with a two-ton haul of hashish, the European Union naval...

A Spanish Navy escort squadron was honoured for commitment to the European Union (EU) naval force Atalanta for, among others, close to three thousand...

A partner-nation warship operating in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 has seized illegal drugs worth a total estimated US street value of...

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

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 last week of September saw the European Union (EU) NavFor Operation Atalanta reach the three million tons of food delivered to Somalia mark...

The European Union (EU) naval task force off East Africa – EU NavFor Atalanta – notched up a first in combined operations recently when...

The decline to zero of piracy-related events off Somalia will see the Indian Ocean high risk area (HRA) status accorded the waters off the...

Even the notion of an Indian military facility on Mauritius’s Agaléga island deserves regional and AU attention. The South-West Indian Ocean seascape is an increasingly...

The Indian Ocean is used by many illegal networks involved in drug smuggling, trafficking of illicit goods, illegal fishing, piracy and human trafficking. There...

The French frigate Courbet has seized five tonnes of drugs in the Indian Ocean in the last three weeks. On Friday 13 December, La Fayette-class...

On 6 April, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina seized 2 569 kilograms of hashish while deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of...

The Gulf of Guinea, south-east Asia and the Indian Ocean High Risk Area (HRA) have all seen a significant reduction of reported...

The just completed Exercise Oxide off South Africa's east coast in the Richards Bay area saw in excess of 230 activities successfully...

A deep-sea drone completed its much-anticipated first full scan of the seabed in the remote Indian Ocean, the team looking for a...

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith says the critical and growing strategic importance of the Indian Ocean continues to be under-appreciated. Smith...

India has signed several pacts with the Seychelles to counter piracy in the Indian Ocean. India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and...

Naval leaders from countries bordering the Indian Ocean will be meeting in Cape Town in April this year to discuss matters of...

Mauritius sees foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Indian Ocean island falling by 42.6 percent in 2011, from record levels last year...

Governments have ceded control of the Indian Ocean to pirates and the small deployment of naval forces to the region is like...

Shipping industry groups have urged the United Nations to create an armed military force to be deployed on vessels to combat Somali...

Mauritius' anti-corruption watchdog arrested the Indian Ocean island's health minister after she was accused of inflating a government tender to acquire a...

France signed a deal to restructure debt owed by Seychelles worth 44 million euros to help the Indian Ocean archipelago put its...

Oil tankers are routing their voyages further east into the Indian Ocean away from Somalia's coastline to avoid pirates who are striking...

Commercial ships traversing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean should be armed to defend themselves against marauding Somali pirates because...

Somali pirates are seizing ships as far as the Mozambique Channel and off the coast of India, extending their range further than...

The largest ransom ever paid to Somali pirates was dropped yesterday onto a Greek-flagged oil tanker with two million barrels of oil...

A Somali teenager extradited to New York last year on charges he attempted to hijack a US ship in the Indian Ocean...

Efforts by foreign navies to combat Somali piracy off the Horn of Africa country's coast have made a difference but they will...

Somaliland forces have helped in releasing a Yemeni-flagged container ship held by Somali pirates for nearly three weeks, Yemeni Interior Ministry said...

A European Union warship rescued a Pakistan-flagged fishing vessel Somali pirates had seized last month and used to hijack another ship, EU...

Somali pirates captured a Yemeni vessel on Christmas Day, a day after they seized another ship from the Arab country, a regional...

The global policing group Interpol and Europe's police body have announced that they have joined forces to fight piracy off the Horn...

Somali pirates freed the Greek ship Ariana and its 24 Ukrainian crew yesterday after a helicopter dropped a multi-million dollar ransom onto...

Somali pirates hijacked the Pakistani-flagged fishing vessel MV Shahbaig last Sunday, the European Union naval force said in a statement. The ship, with...