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Niger Delta: Navy Launches New Operation, Impounds 31 Illegal Vessels
The Nigerian navy at the weekend launched a new operation, codenamed Doubeni 11, to curb criminal maritime activities in the country’s oil-producing Niger Delta region. The Central Naval Command..
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5 South Koreans Kidnapped in Waters off Benin Released
Five South Korean nationals who were kidnapped by an unidentified armed group in waters off the western African country of Benin have been released, the foreign ministry said Saturday. The South..
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Covid-19 accelerates maritime insecurity in the Asia–Pacific
Asyura Salleh Covid-19 is showing the world how a health crisis can exert disproportionate pressure on existing social and political fissures. The Asia–Pacific maritime environment is no exception,..
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Violent Robbery - 12nm NE Coatzacoalcos
Reporting indicates that the Mexican flagged Offshore Supply Vessel the MV NATALIE was boarded whilst conducting operations in the vicinity of the ODIN Offshore platform 12nm NE of Coatzacoalcos.
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Stranded on ships, 200,000 workers struggle in coronavirus limbo
Seafarers around the world caught up in what UN warns is a growing humanitarian crisis blamed for several suicides.
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Coronavirus, Piracy and West Africa
The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 is likely to have an impact on maritime operations in West Africa; despite the COVID-19 pandemic piracy kidnappings have not reduced.
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Nigerian crude oil exports and coronavirus
The rising number of coronavirus cases among workers at Nigeria's offshore oil fields and platforms is a growing concern for Africa's largest oil producer, with disruption to output likely.
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EU Mission to stop arms entering Libya ‘constrained’ and 'handicapped’
The EU’s military operation in the Mediterranean Sea to stop the flow of arms to Libya has been left constrained and handicapped by a lack of political cohesion and resources, analysts have said.
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