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CMF AND EU NAVFOR WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES TO 42nd SHADE CONFERENCE
On 17-18 April 2018, the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) co-chaired the 42ndShared Awareness and De-confliction (SHADE) conference in Bahrain alongside EU NAVFOR. Over 110 people attended the conference including representatives from maritime shipping partners alongside the independent maritime naval force representatives from Russia, China and...
African Ship-owners Association Summit 2018
Seychelles will make land available for the construction of a Pan African shipping line head office which will be the centre for all ship owners in Africa, and act as a hub for all activities related to the maritime sectors.
Maritime Security Exercise held in Al Duqm with SAF, US forces
MUSCAT: The Maritime Security Centre carried out the Maritime Security Exercise 2018, which took place in Al Duqm area in the Omani Territorial Sea (Arabian Sea), with the participation of a number of corps of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) and other security services, with the participation of forces from the...
Ramaphosa approves Op Copper extension
President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved the extension of the anti-piracy OperationCopper in the Mozambique Channel for another year.
Lucky Mariner 18 Concludes
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), representatives from Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) and the commercial shipping industry completed exercise Lucky Mariner, April 11.
MARINE NATIONALE SHIP LA FAYETTE IN SUPPORT OF CTF 150 SECOND NARCOTICS SEIZURE IN UNDER A WEEK
On 17 APRIL Marine Nationale frigate La Fayette seized 1940 kgs of hashish in her second seizure in under a week. La Fayette’s seizure is the fourth for the French Navy in support of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) as part of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). Together with Marine Nationale destroyer Jean de Vienne, the two French ships have confiscated over 6 tonnes of hashish and 943 kgs of heroin worth over $450 million USD of narcotics over the last two...
MARINE NATIONALE SHIP LA FAYETTE IN SUPPORT OF CTF 150 SEIZED OVER 400 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN
On 11 April 2018, Marine Nationale frigate La Fayette seized 413 kgs of heroin during a patrol in support of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). La Fayette’s seizure is the third for the French Navy in support of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150). Together with Marine Nationale destroyer Jean de Vienne, the 2 French ships have confiscated over $370 million USD of drugs over the last two...
St Helena’s cherished lifeline ship to return as anti-piracy armory
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The RMS St. Helena, Britain’s last working postal ship, was for nearly three decades the main source of contact between one of humanity’s remotest islands and the outside world.
Aberdeen-built island lifeline steers new course against pirates
RMS St Helena took over the 1,500-mile link between the island and South Africa in 1990. Picture: St Helena Line
Somalia: Dozens of prisoners released from Indian jails arrive in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia – An airplane carrying the last batch of 76 Somali prisoners released from jails in India has landed at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu on Sunday, Garowe Online reports.
Merchant ships wary of Kerala ports
KOCHI: Over the past one year, there were seven instances of fishing boats colliding with ships outside territorial waters along Kerala’s coastline. Merchant shipping vessels are now worried over incurring massive financial losses due to bogus accident claims levelled against them with the connivance of some lawyers. Experts said the primary reasons for such accidents were untrained fishermen, boats without proper safety mechanisms and registrations fishing outside territorial waters and the lack of proper ship...
MARINE NATIONALE SHIP JEAN DE VIENNE AIDS CTF150 IN SEIZING OVER 11 TONNES OF DRUGS IN JUST 48 HRS
On 5 March 2018, the French Marine Nationale destroyer Jean de Vienne continued Combined Task Force (CTF) 150’s recent string of successes by seizing over 4 tonnes of hashish during an operation in the international waters of the Arabian Sea. Jean de Vienne’s seizure is the third for CTF150 in recent days, together with Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Warramunga, the 2 ships have confiscated over $400 million USD of narcotics in just 48...
HMAS WARRAMUNGA IN SUPPORT OF CMF CONTINUES SEIZURE SUCCESS WITH OVER 7 TONNES OF DRUGS SEIZED IN ARABIAN SEA
ON 3-4 MARCH HMAS Warramunga continued the remarkable success of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 by seizing over 7 tonnes of hashish in back to back seizures. HMAS Warramunga conducted two boardings and after a thorough search found over 7 tonnes of hashish, valued at over $300 million USD. Over the last three months, CTF 150 has interdicted over 25 tonnes of drugs valued at over $1.3 billion USD in eight...
Somalia: Dozens of prisoners released from Indian jails arrive in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia – An airplane carrying the last batch of 76 Somali prisoners released from jails in India has landed at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu on Sunday, Garowe Online reports.
17 Countries Participate in Piracy Meeting in Singapore
The first capacity building activity in 2018 by the Information Sharing Centre (ISC) of ReCAAP, the first regional government-to-government agreement to promote and enhance cooperation against piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, kicked off on January 17 with 19 senior officers from 17 countries arriving in Singapore to take stock of the current situation and discuss the roadmap...
41 Somali pirates finally sent home in special chartered flight
The first batch of 41 Somali pirates was deported on Friday from among the 117 caught in Indian waters in 2011 and freed recently.A special chartered flight was arranged by the Somali embassy.They were convicted by a sessions court on August 2, 2017, under various...
After prison term for piracy, 41 Somali men fly back home
Around 9.30am, the men were brought to the airport’s Terminal 2 in Mumbai police’s vans from Yellow Gate police station in South Mumbai where they had been kept in “safe custody” since their release from Kolhapur jail on January 2 and January 12.