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Can 'Nato of the seas' ensure stability in trade in the Indian Ocean?

A mariner’s map is the inverse of a landlubber’s: the continents are blanks while coastlines and seas are rich with symbols. The same inversion of perspective illuminates energy geopolitics.
May 04, 2022

Vessel Boarded 55nm SSW Cotonou

Reporting by the IMB has indicated that a vessel has been boarded 55nm SSW of Cotonou.
May 03, 2022

Weekly Maritime Security Threat Advisory 3rd May 2022

Access the latest Triton Scout Maritime Security Threat Advisory for the week commencing 2nd May 2022.
May 03, 2022

Not all maritime disputes are built the same

Maritime disputes in Southeast Asia should be viewed less as a single big basket of problems, and more as smaller individual problems with their own corresponding solutions. There is not a..
May 03, 2022

Ukrainian TB2 Stikes Two Russian Raptor Assault Boats

According to the Ukrainian MoD, the two vessels were Raptor-class assault boats. They were struck in the vicinity of the now famous “Snake Island” (Zmiinyi Island), located roughly 70 nautical miles..
May 02, 2022

Dutch dock workers refuse to unload tanker carrying Russian oil

Dutch dock workers refused to unload a tanker carrying Russian diesel, as European states edge closer to sanctioning Moscow’s energy exports in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
May 02, 2022

Nigeria outlaws ransom payments

The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying a ransom to free someone who has been kidnapped, and made the crime of abduction punishable by death in cases..
May 02, 2022

Thinking outside the box on Southeast Asian maritime security

The pandemic brought about an observable increase in transnational crimes – smuggling, piracy and trafficking.
April 29, 2022

World Court orders Colombia to cease activities in Nicaraguan maritime zone

Judges at the International Court of Justice ruled last week that Colombia must "immediately cease" patrolling and trying to control fishing in parts of the Caribbean that the ICJ said are within..
April 28, 2022

Is Somali piracy finally under control?

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has long captivated the attention of the media and governments. But the expiry of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) counter-piracy Resolution 2608 on 31..
April 27, 2022