Awad Mustafa DUBAI // A joint GCC naval force should be formed to protect ships in waters where Somali pirates lurk, the commander of the UAE navy says. Shipping lanes in the Arabian Sea are currently patrolled by a coalition European Union navy force and the US Fifth Fleet, but Rear Admiral Naval Staff Ibrahim […]
Published on July 5, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Trinidad’s decision to acquire an OPV goes down a storm Defence IQ recently caught up with Commodore (Rtd.) Anthony Franklin, former Chief of Defence of Trinidad & Tobago, who briefly outlined his nation’s key concerns as it aims to provide effective seakeeping […]
By Tina G. SantosPhilippine Daily Inquirer 2:56 am | Thursday, July 5th, 2012 WAR GAMES American and Filipino Marines on rubber boats conduct a hostage rescue drill off Maasim in Sarangani on Tuesday. Some 450 members from the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard and 500 servicemen from the US Navy and Coast Guard participated […]
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has allocated more than 3 billion Naira (US$18 million/R150 million) for the purchase of six security vessels in an ongoing effort to improve security along the nation’s waterways. On June 27 the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, approved N3.238 billion (US$19.7 million/R161 million) for the purchase […]
July 02, 2012 RECORDER REPORT China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. The ships, described by the Xinhua news agency as surveillance vessels, reached what China calls the Huayang reef in the Spratly […]
China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea located off the coast of western Philippines. China has deployed four […]
China sends patrol ships to disputed waters: Xinhua (AFP) – 13 hours ago BEIJING — China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territorial claims. The ships, described by the Xinhua news agency as surveillance vessels, […]
Iran’s routine claims of military prowess reach a new climax: Its warships will patrol the high seas “to protect tankers.” Flotilla clash? Gas flares from Iranian oil production platform in Persian Gulf Reuters Iran’s routine claims of military prowess reached a new climax Monday with the announcement its warships will patrol international waters in […]
AMETO AKPE The Federal Executive Council (FEC) is expected to deliberate on a contract for the design and construction of fast moving security patrol boats (FPB). In what seems like a strategy to improve the nation’s marine security, the plan contained in a memorandum by the minister of transport, Idris Audu Umar, stated that […]
The coasts of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden have been home for some of the worst acts of piracy for years, costing lives and billions of dollars in damage every year and threatening Indian Ocean trade and shipment in one of the most vital trade routes in the world. But this part of the […]