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Ongoing Incident - Offshore Al Faw

Reporting indicates that a vessel currently at anchor offshore Iraq, 6nm S Al Bakr Terminal, is currently involved in an ongoing incident.
December 31, 2020

South China Sea: China’s Maritime Claims Concern America

Beijing keeps expanding the areas of the sea it claims as its own, despite those territories belonging to other countries.
December 31, 2020

Western Sahara: A Fragile Peace

As an unofficial state, Western Sahara doesn’t really exist—and being tiny and well behaved, it is easy to ignore. For more than 40 years, roughly half the Sahrawi population of Western Sahara has..
December 30, 2020

Anchoring the Caribbean: Colombian Navy's Growing role in the region

In October 2017, Hurricane Matthew devastated the island nation of Haiti. Nearly 1,000 people were reported killed and parts of the island were as much as 90 percent destroyed.
December 29, 2020

African Migration Trends to Watch in 2021

COVID-related border closures across Africa have disrupted the normal flow of regional migration, putting migrants in greater danger.
December 28, 2020

Islamic State Threat in the Greater Sahara Expands

Violence linked to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) more than doubled in the past year. Concentrated along the Burkina Faso-Niger-Mali border areas, ISGS events target civilians nearly..
December 24, 2020

Why register vessels in the Cayman Islands?

The yachting industry, like many other travel-related industries, was initially hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are now signs of recovery in the area of yacht sales and charters and..
December 23, 2020

Russia and China Team Up in the Indian Ocean

The US and its allies may have military dominance in the region, but it’s no guarantee of influence.
December 22, 2020

Boarding - 95nm S Brass

Reporting indicates that when sailing from Lome to Bata, the Maltese flagged, containership PORT GDYNIA (9526459) was approached and boarded by an unknown number of attackers.
December 21, 2020

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition announce power sharing government

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen announced on Friday a new power-sharing cabinet that would include southern separatists in the internationally-recognised government, part of a deal to end a..
December 21, 2020