Canadian Warship Foils Pirate Attack

A Canadian warship hunting pirates played a cat and mouse game with bandits who were attempting to attack a Norwegian tanker. After a seven hour pitch-black chase by the HMCS Winnipeg, the Canadians blocked the...

US navy seeks arms bound for Hamas

An American naval ship located in the Gulf of Aden has now been orded to look for suspicious Iranian arms ships that could be heading for the Red Sea, as apparently Tehran is looking to re-equip Hamas fighters. This taskforce is called 'Combined Task Force 151' and it has...

Desperate Africans Pay Heavy Price to Cross Gulf Of Aden

Sometimes we forget how, despite credit crunch and downturn, lucky we are. War and poverty are rife around the World and thousands upon thousands of people risk their lives to flee these twin evils and find a...

China To Join Pirate Chase Off Coast of Africa

China is set to join the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden.  According to the BBC, three ships are preparing to steam to the waters off the coast of Africa to join the international effort against the...

Iran, China Join the Pirate Hunt

Iran has sent warships to the Gulf of Aden to join in the hunt for Somali pirates. Iran's ships join a growing number of military presences in the area, including India, Russia, and the USA. China is also sending...

British and Russia warships repel pirates

A couple of days agao it was Indian Navy that repeled attacks from pirates off the cost of Somalia in the gulf of aden and today it was the turn of British and Russian Navy to get into action to save a danish vessel from the clutches of Pirates.CUrrently there are more than a...

Indian Navy Intervenes to save Indian Merchant Ship from Pirates

The proactive or reactive (as the case maybe) action taken by the Indian government to send naval warships to protect the maritime interests got its first success when Indian Navy warship  INS Tabar repulsed an attach from pirates to hijack an Indian merchant vessel....

Hijacked Malaysian Sea-Vessel Headed to Somalia's Pirate Paradise

" BOSASSO (Somalia): Somali pirates are taking a hijacked Malaysian tanker to their coastal base, where gunmen are already holding six vessels for ransom, a local official said yesterday. " The MSIC's...

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