Tag: maritime security
SA Navy needs to change and adapt quickly or become obsolete...
The current geopolitical crises in Ukraine and the Middle East crisis have ramped up the importance of maritime security with the build-up of naval...
Exercise Phoenix Express wraps up after 12 rigorous training days
The 19th Exercise Phoenix Express in the southern Mediterranean Sea saw maritime forces from North Africa, Europe and the United States (US) refresh maritime...
BMA seeking boarding/reaction boats
The Border Management Authority (BMA) is looking to acquire ten boarding/reaction boats as well as trailers and launching dollies, with Armscor issuing a tender...
New Somali piracy threats require partnerships and holistic responses
Signs of a potential Somali piracy resurgence have emerged in 2024, most recently with the European Union Naval Force Operation ATALANTA reporting a suspected...
Exercise Grand African Nemo 2024 kicks off in West Africa
The 2024 edition of Exercise Grand African Nemo has been launched off West Africa, with more than two dozen nations participating.
The eight-day exercise was...
The Houthis are winning in the Red Sea – rest of...
Who is winning the battle for the Red Sea? If I were taking bets right now, I’d have some of my money on the...
Houthis renew their attacks:Â three ships allegedly targeted
Yemen’s Houthi militia claimed responsibility for attacks on three ships in adjacent international waters, re-intensifying their maritime campaign in the region.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced...
Calls for African solutions to African maritime security challenges
The 5th Sea Power for Africa Symposium 2024 (SPAS 24) is currently underway at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. This event, hosted by...
Houthis strike again at two ships
Drones and missiles fired from nearby Yemen caused some damage but no injuries to crew on board the products tanker Olympic Spirit (IMO 9327097)...
United States donates two Defender boats to Ghana
The Ghana Navy has received two Defender class boats and a storage facility provided by the United States to bolster the Navy’s capacity to...
Naval Exercise Ibsamar VIII commences in South Africa
The eighth edition of Exercise Ibsamar, the multinational maritime exercise involving the navies of South Africa, Brazil and India, has commenced, marking another milestone...
Houthis attack tanker Cordelia Moon; US attacks Houthi bases
During the past week Houthis managed a successful waterborne drone attack on the Liberian-flagged, UK-connected tanker, Cordelia Moon (IMO 90297888).
An unmanned surface vessel (USV),...
Aspides’ Sounion mission prevented environmental and humanitarian catastrophe
The importance of maritime security - from securing assets and cargo to environmental protection - was ably displayed by the recent attack on an...
Aspides asset tows stricken oil tanker to safe area
The European Union (EU) naval tasking in the Red Sea Operation Aspides provided protection while the fully laden and missile damaged oil tanker Sounion...
South African Navy calls for regional maritime security cooperation
Rear Admiral (JG) Lisa Hendricks, Chief of Fleet Staff of the South African Navy, has emphasised the urgent need for increased regional cooperation to...
Maritime security conference in Stellenbosch highlights urgent need for regional cooperation
The third international Conference on Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea and the Red Sea brought together maritime experts, policymakers, and military leaders...
Houthis target more ships in the Red Sea
Further attacks against shipping in the lower Red Sea have been reported, though some details remain sketchy.
Initial reports said the crude oil tanker named...
Initial efforts to salvage tanker Sounion in Red Sea fail
A salvage team has abandoned efforts to secure and tow away to safety the fully-loaded burning oil tanker Sounion (IMO 9312145) from near the...
Oil tanker attacked by Houthis, on fire and abandoned in Red...
The Greek oil products tanker Sounion (IMO 9312145) is reported to be ablaze and abandoned by her crew at a position roughly 77 nautical...
SADC readying for regional riverine exercise
Preparations, in the form of planning conferences, will see the Southern African Development Community (SADC) stage what is at present called “its first maritime...
ECOWAS carries out maritime security exercise
Efforts by the East African regional bloc ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) to strengthen maritime safety off its Atlantic Ocean coast saw...
SA Navy Chief to Deliver Maritime Security Keynote at AAD 2024...
Chief of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Monde Lobese, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address for the Maritime Security component of the...
Tanker struck as Houthis resume their missile and drone attacks in...
Another violent and highly dangerous attack on a ship in the lower Red Sea has taken place, leaving the crude oil tanker Chios Lion...
Houthis resume attacks on shipping
Houthi rebels have resumed attacks on shipping off Yemen, with two vessels targeted this week, including the furthest attack recorded to date from Yemen.
The...
EU naval force downs nineteen Houthi drones and missiles in six...
Since its setting up and operationalisation six months ago, the third European Union (EU) naval task force in African waters – Operation Aspides -...
ITF wants immediate action taken to safeguard seafarers in Red Sea...
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and seafarers’ unions, representing 19.5 million transport workers and seafarer unions from some 150 countries, says it wants...
Two more ships hit by Houthis
Houthi forces have hit another two ships off Yemen, as continued strikes are damaging and sinking a growing number of vessels and disrupting maritime...
Shipping industry appalled and saddened at Houthi attacks on vessels Tutor...
The shipping community, speaking on behalf of 14 of the leading global shipping associations, says it is appalled and deeply saddened with the tragic...
Cabinda to Cape Town: how crime-proof are Africa’s Atlantic shores?
With all eyes on pirates and politics in the Gulf of Guinea and the Indian Ocean, who is keeping an eye on Africa’s South...
Houthis continue their assault on merchant shipping – two vessels abandoned
The Houthi forces on the Yemen mainland have continued their violent actions against commercial and naval shipping passing along the Yemen coast of either...
Houthi missiles strike several ships; engine room of MV Tutor flooded...
A Greek-owned and managed bulk carrier, MV Tutor, is reported to have come under attack by Houthi forces and taking on water in a...
Harnessing artificial intelligence for enhanced maritime domain awareness
Cape Town recently hosted the Ocean Economy Conference, where Cobus Valentine (Chief Commercial Officer of Global Command and Control Technologies – GC2T) delivered an...
Houthis keep up with their attacks on merchant and naval ships
The Houthi militant group occupying much of the the more populated section of Yemen are continuing their attacks on merchant shipping moving in the...
Seychelles demonstrates how smaller nations can effectively combat piracy
The Topaz, a Seychelles Coast Guard vessel, abruptly altered its direction in January when it was alerted to a Somali pirate attack on a...
Milkor announces new partnership for maritime version of the Milkor 380...
Milkor has established a strategic partnership with Germany’s Aerodata AG to develop a new specialised platform for maritime surveillance, the AeroForce 380, based on...
Obangame Express 24 stresses collaboration and prosecuting maritime crime
Policing maritime crime in Africa’s coastal waters requires more than simply intercepting suspect ships or arresting possible drug traffickers. It also requires careful attention...
Security guard mother ship Markab visits Cape Town
The security guard mother ship Markab (IMO 7605691) arrived off Cape Town from Gibraltar on 30 May to take on supplies amid an increase...
Greek bulk carrier Laax damaged after being struck by three Houthi...
The Yemeni-based Houthis have struck again. This time the victim is a Greek-owned and operated bulk carrier sailing in the lower Red Sea, which...
Exercise Obangame Express 2024 wraps up
After two weeks of varied, collaborative training throughout Africa’s West Coast and the Gulf of Guinea, 32 participating nations marked the successful conclusion of...
Piracy rears its head once more with another attack in the...
Half a dozen pirates have been apprehended by Operation Atalanta naval forces after an attempted attack on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of...
Thirteenth iteration of Exercise Obangame Express underway
The thirteenth iteration of Exercise Obangame Express commenced with an opening ceremony held at the Cadet School of Libreville in Gabon last week.
‘Obangame’ means...
Maritime Security Symposium focuses on collaboration against common foes
The joint African Maritime Forces Summit and Naval Infantry Leaders Symposium-Africa brought together naval and coast guard leaders from 30 African countries and nearly...
Another Houthi UAV falls to Op Aspides
Another add to its successes in keeping Red Sea shipping safe from Houthi attacks came when the Italian Navy vessel ITS Virginio Fasan (F591)...
African Maritime Forces Summit, Naval Infantry Leaders Symposium-Africa underway in Ghana
Governmental and military leaders from more than 40 countries on four continents have kicked off the second annual African Maritime Forces Summit (AMFS) and...
Houthi drone attacks diverted MSC Orion in Arabian Sea
Reports by the Houthis in Yemen claim that a drone attack was successfully carried out on another MSC container ship, MSC Orion (IMO 9857157).
What...
CTF 150 concludes successful drug intervention off African coast
The Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), operating in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman,...
Houthi attacks on Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ships continue
Yemen’s Houthis claim to have made further attacks on ships with ties to Israel, the UK and USA in recent days.
Some of these ‘ties’...
Turkish warship visits Somalia
Heading to Japan to mark a centenary of bilateral relations, the Turkish Navy warship TCG Kinaliada is visiting Somalia as one of the 20...
Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean attacks expose Africa’s maritime vulnerability
Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by the Houthi militia in Yemen have exposed the vulnerability of African maritime security. Since November 2023,...
Nigeria shows that emerging technology can help protect waters
Nine crew members aboard a chemical tanker headed from Côte d’Ivoire to Cameroon were abducted by pirates in January as the ship sailed near...
