Sri Lanka said that it has been successful in keeping its busy international shipping lane off South Dondra Head free from any piracy or criminal activity with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Navy and the Coast Guards Service. Addressing the International Conference on Maritime Piracy on the theme “Maritime Piracy : enhancing public
Read moreA sixth U.S. warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five U.S. destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be directed against Syria as part of a “limited, precise” strike, defense officials said late on Friday. They stressed that the USS San Antonio, an amphibious ship with several hundred U.S. Marines
Read moreA Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship recently seized her fifth -and largest – narcotics shipment in the Gulf of Aden. HMCS Toronto intercepted and boarded a suspected smuggling vessel about 60 miles off the southern coast of Oman, and discovered almost six tonnes of hashish. The Halifax-class frigate is currently working with CMF to
Read moreSix new suspected Somali Pirates have appeared before the Seychelles court on September 3 for the offence of acts of piracy on the high seas and have all been remanded for 14 days. Aged between 15 and 38 years old, the suspected pirates arrived in the country on Saturday, September 1 having left the
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