Piracy in west Africa is reaching dangerous proportions, the global piracy watchdog has said, with the increase in attacks fuelled by Nigerian criminals. As efforts continue to rescue seven foreign workers kidnapped from a vessel off the coast of Nigeria earlier this week, the director of the international maritime bureau (IMB) warned that the…
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Terence E. “Terry” McKnight, the pioneering U.S. Commander of Task Force 151 off the coast of Somalia and the author of the new book, Pirate Alley, warned in an interview that caution ought to temper demands that—because piracy has declined somewhat in the Gulf of Aden and other places—the unique…
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PADANG – Padang city`s Teluk Bayur port in West Sumatra has immense potential to support Indonesia`s import and export activities with Asian, African and European countries, in light of the 2015 Free Trade Agreement, according to a Foreign Affairs Ministry official. “Teluk Bayur port is strategically located in Indonesia, as far as international trade…
On Friday 12 October 2012 Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand, operating within the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), provided an escort to a ship from the World Food Programme (WFP) between two Somali ports. The ships rendezvoused shortly after dawn and a team from Regele Ferdinand travelled to the WFP vessel to discuss…