The Ghana Navy and Tullow Ghana, a subsidiary of the oil and gas company Tullow Oil, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide security services in the Ghanian waters, allowing the company to continue operations in its offshore fields in the area.
Uruguay’s president Luis Lacalle Pou has revealed that the country plans to buy two offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for around $100 million.
Danish frigate HDMS Esben Snare has been involved in an incident involving suspected pirates on 24 November in the Gulf of Guinea, one of the world’s most dangerous waters.
Damen SPa 4207, the second of four Damen vessels on order for the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard, has been handed over in Kingston, Jamaica.
On 22 October 2021, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying for the third multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) that the company is building for the South African Navy (SAN).
The Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), which is part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) procurement arm, has sold two retired Royal Fleet auxiliary ships to Egypt.
The US Navy has just announced that USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and Sixth Fleet are preparing for Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021. According to the navy, USS Mount Whitney and embarked Sixth Fleet staff yesterday sailed from Gaeta for LSE 2021, scheduled to take place August 3-16. LSE 2021 will be a
Exercise Cutlass Express 2021, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, will take place July 26 to August 6, 2021, in the vicinity of Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar and Seychelles. CE21 is designed to improve regional cooperation in support of the Djibouti Code of Con
Egypt has officially opened a new naval base in the port of Gargoub on the Mediterranean Sea, near the border with Libya.
U.S. Sixth Fleet ships, expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), and expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) are participating in U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) largest and premier annual exercise Africa
Japanese warship JS Ariake (DD-109) has completed five months of CTF-151 counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.
On 25 March 2021, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) launched the first of three multi‑mission inshore patrol vessels (MMIPV) procured by ARMSCOR for the South African Navy (SAN) as part of the country’s Project BIRO.
