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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.
Active U.S. Maritime Alerts
2018-001A-Threatening Approaches-Southern Red Sea
Cyber Extortion – the growing threat to martime business
Cyber security has become an important management issue for shipowners. In this article we focus particularly on cyber extortion, which we have identified as a growing threat to the shipping industry.
Anti-piracy mission helps China develop its blue-water navy
China’s 27th and 28th naval escort task forces have recently completed their mission handover in the Gulf of Aden. Anti-piracy operations by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) have become a constant in the area. And this has both immediate and long-term strategic implications for Beijing’s military projection away from its traditional perimeter of action in East...
Houthis threaten to block shipping traffic in Red Sea
Houthis threaten to block shipping traffic in Red Sea
Security Related Information to Mariners
ADMIRALTY Maritime Security Planning Charts contain safety-critical information to assist bridge crews in the planning of safe passages through high risk areas. All information has been gathered by the UKHO through work with NATO and other government organisations, ensuring each chart has the most accurate, up-to-date and verified information...
Spanish tuna fleet returns to Indian Ocean with falling prices, threat of pirate attacks
Spanish tuna vessels, which had to stop fishing in the Indian Ocean last November having exhausted their quota, have resumed catching in the tropical waters, with a new threat of piracy and as skipjack prices fall.
UN Migration Agency Helps 2,241 Migrants Get Home from Yemen in 2017
Aden – During the final days of 2017, IOM, the UN Migration Agency succeeded in completing two movements of stranded Somalis and Ethiopians out of Yemen, despite immense security challenges and difficult sea conditions.
Royal Australian Navy seizes EIGHT TONNES of hashish and heroin in the Arabian Sea – marking record haul worth almost half a billion dollars
Royal Australian Navy has seized almost eight tonnes of hashish heroin The illegal drugs, worth $415 million, were found in ships in the Arabian SeaMarks the largest ever haul of hashish seized by Australian ship in Middle East
Piracy attacks increase in African waters
The hijacking of a small Iranian fishing vessel off Somalia, was the latest incident in a series of hijackings in the so-called High Risk Area (HRA) off Somalia. Although the region had seen piracy incidents decreasing, in recent times they have been revived.