LAS ANOD — The deputy police Commissioner of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in northern Somalia, was gunned down in the city of Garowe, an official said. Col. Abdullahi Salah Nadalo, was inside the premises of a local hotel on Monday evening when unidentified individuals on foot approached him and opened fire on him. The 54-year-old was […]
Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 – led by Thailand, March-June 2012. CTF 151 is CMF’s counter-piracy task force. This article was posted by Neptune Maritime Security via youtube.com. MaritimeSecurity.Asia in cooperation with www.neptunemaritimesecurity.com Source Permalink
The Chinese Navy will send a 12th group of ships to the Gulf of Aden to conduct escort missions next month, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said Thursday. The fleet will leave Zhoushan in east China’s Zhejiang Province on July 3, Ministry Spokesman Geng Yansheng said during a regular press briefing. The group, including the […]
A British marine expert was killed for standing up to a gang who tried to cash in on false claims that Somali pirates had attacked their ships, an inquest heard. David Mockett defied the “bully boys” and paid for it with his life when a bomb blew apart his car as he drove from work […]
HANOI, Vietnam – A group of Vietnamese marched through the capital’s streets shouting “Down with China!” in a rare protest Sunday following growing tensions over disputed territory in the South China Sea. About 200 people chanted in the rain, some waving flags and holding signs, as they walked through central Hanoi toward the Chinese Embassy. […]
HANOI, Vietnam – A group of Vietnamese marched through the capital’s streets shouting “Down with China!” in a rare protest Sunday following growing tensions over disputed territory in the South China Sea. About 200 people chanted in the rain, some waving flags and holding signs, as they walked through central Hanoi toward the Chinese Embassy. […]
June 28, 2012 Image Credit: DARPA Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com DARPA announced on Tuesday that it has developed new sea and air delivery systems to help lend support to disaster zones. DARPA said its Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) program has completed the design of technologies to transform commercial container ships into self-contained floating supply […]
Ahmed Al Majaida The chief of Somalia’s anti-piracy task force has thanked the UAE government for contributing to a programme that is helping the war-ravaged African country turn the tide in the battle against pirates. In an interview with Khaleej Times, Dr Muhyadin Ali Yosif said funds from the UAE have helped get the Somalia Maritime Security Forces […]
Top officials, however, say new rules needed to guide security trend By Derek Baldwin, Chief Reporter Dubai:? The adoption of private armed security forces on ships traversing the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden shipping corridor has led to a serious drop in piracy incidents in 2012, delegates heard on Wednesday at the second international piracy […]
Allan Jacob Concerns about a terrorism-piracy link have been raised but naval officials said there is little evidence that points to a direct nexus. Piracy can feed off terrorism and groups such as Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia, may be exporting trouble beyond their shores. International maritime waters are a wide […]