Tag: navy

The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank in 2018 after colliding with an oil tanker was found guilty of negligence by a Norwegian court.

A French navy vessel operating in the Middle East as part of a US-led coalition seized four separate shipments of drugs worth $108 million over the past month, according to an announcement of the coalition. 

According to the Portuguese Navy, the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) received a distress call via platform 112 about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, regarding a fire aboard the tanker Greta K. 

On November 28, a Danish court found a Nigerian man guilty of endangering the lives of Danish soldiers in a shooting incident on November 2021, involving the Danish frigate Esbern Snare and a crew of alleged Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Italian Navy is helping the tanker B. Ocean after it was robbed and left disabled by pirates, in the Gulf of Guinea.

Nigeria wants to prosecute Danish forces that were involved in the exchange of fire with alleged pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in November 2021. The African country also demands the release of a citizen that is being tried in Denmark after a fatal firefight.

While there has been a significant decline in piracy activity in the Gulf of Guinea, the Italian authorities increased the level of safety on board national ships at MARSEC 2 and undertook a training exercise testing readiness to respond to threats to merchant ships.

On April 3 the Italian frigate Luigi Rizzo, engaged in the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, received notice of a pirate attack against the merchant Arch Gabriel, and took action to stop the pirates from continuing their activity.

The Nigerian Navy is calling for the enactment of legislation for the establishment of a maritime court to deal exclusively with maritime cases.

An Iranian warship on Saturday prevented an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden.