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edited by Curtis Hand from press statement. All images: USCG. The crew of the US Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to Kittery on Friday after a successful 79-day counter-narcotics and smuggling patrol in the Eastern Pacific. The Tahoma’s crew interdicted two vessels, seizing 7,300 pounds of cocaine, worth a combined total of […]

by Curtis Hand, from press release and internal resources Less than 12 hours after MSD Online reported the US Coast Guard (USCG) Pacific Area Command change on Wednesday, 16 June – whereby RAdm Peter W Gautier relieved VAdm Linda L Fagan as the acting Pacific Area Commander at Coast Guard Base Alameda on the US […]

by Curtis Hand with content from Press Release The US Coast Guard Pacific Area Command (USGC-PAC) hosted a change of command ceremony Wednesday, 16 June, at Coast Guard Base Alameda. The change-of-command ceremony is a historic military tradition. The event, which has remained unchanged for centuries, includes a reading of the command orders in the […]

Interview by Curtis Hand While the coffee is brewing in a machine for someone’s cup somewhere, Maritime Security & Defence (MSD) magazine had a primo opportunity to catch up with and interview Mr Christoffer Gregers Glæsel, Managing Director, Glaucus ApS about the FRSN Forward Repair System NATO and how it keeps the mission active at […]

by Michael Meyer Serious kidnapping cases are increasing in the Gulf of Guinea. Battle-hardened pirates are becoming more professional. Politicians and regulators are lagging behind these developments. Pirates and shipping have formed an indissoluble relationship for centuries, imposed by one side but chained together by inseparable bonds. The number of cases fluctuates and the so-called […]

by Curtis Hand CHALLENGE: Piracy continues to threaten seafarers in strategic waters and EEZs worldwide. Vigilance, preparation, early detection and rapid response remain the best means to counter pirate tactics since the earliest days of armed robbery on the high-seas. However, these are difficult to achieve because pirate vessels range in size from high speed skiffs […]

by Igor Tabak (All photos accredited to contributor) The Adriatic, as an enclosed part of the Mediterranean, has a long tradition of maritime commerce, shipbuilding and – more lately – tourism. In recent years, it has been a relatively calm area on the very fringe of the major transport or migrant routes, with most coastal […]

by Conrad Waters, Co-Editor in-Chief, Maritime Security & Defence March 2021 saw the conclusion of a long-awaited review of the United Kingdom’s future security and defence policy with the publication of two important documents aimed at setting out a framework for the post-Brexit era.  Whilst squarely directed towards defining “Global Britain’s” strategic relationship with the […]

from Official Press Release with minor edits by Curtis Hand The UN Security Council renewed the authorisation for inspections by Operation Irini for one more year. With the vote on Thursday, the UN Security Council extended the Resolution 2292 of 2016 that allows offshore inspections and port diversions of vessels suspected of breaches of the […]

Another edition of SHADE is scheduled for 26 May at 1500 hours CET / Six Bells of the Afternoon Watch Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI is organizing the 4th webinar to walk the Road to Shade Med: “A strategic compass for a Mediterranean maritime security” in collaboration with La Sapienza University of Rome and Nato Defense […]

The International Mine Warfare Technology Symposium series is the only US Navy-sponsored event that has sole focus on naval mine warfare and related technologies. This event is jointly sponsored by the Mine Warfare Association and the US Naval Postgraduate School – and held every odd year in Monterey, California USA. With COVID restrictions still in […]

Yesterday (04 May 2021), the US Coast Guard (USCG) announced from Tunisia’s capital Tunis that it continues to build ties with the Tunisia Coast Guard – which shares the Mediterranen Dialogue Countries obligations. On 25 April 2021, The Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) departed Tunis […]

edited by Curtis Hand from Press Releases Aeronautics Group introduces its Orbiter 4 small tactical UAS, capable of performing long-range, long-endurance maritime patrol missions. Aeronautics averred that its Orbiter 4’s high-performance EO/IR and MPR payloads are ideal for maritime monitoring, off-shore protection, seaborne interdiction and tracking of illegal activities (illicit arms, drugs, fishing, and people […]

The MSD Coffee Klatch.  This is the first weekly installment of a series of quick chats planned with various industry insiders who are uniquely-qualified to provide insight on specific subjects. In this format, Maritime Security & Defence (MSD) magazine conducts a short interview – taking as much time to read as it would to visit […]

The New Geo-Polotical Challenges in an Evolving Mediterranean While the SHADE MED2021 is the annual conference on Mediterranean is planned for this autumn and organised by EUNAVFOR MED / Operation IRINI, it has begun already this spring with important events leading up to SHADE MED, including webinars such as the pne planned for tomorrow. (“We […]

by Stephen Elliott, Publisher Perhaps you are somewhat shy… Maybe you are reluctant to share your professional opinion… However, you certainly have unique insights that only your experience and knowledge can provide potential clients colleagues, employers and peers. As Publisher of Maritime Security & Defence, I am joined by our esteemed Co-Editors in-Chief Hans Uwe […]

Edited and expanded from press release by Stephen Elliott, Publisher  Starting on 21 April 2021, VAdm José M. Núñez Torrente (left) assumed the role of Operation Commander of EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta. He took command from RAdm Eugenio Díaz del Río Jáudenes. VAdm Nuñez Torrente is currently serving as Commander of the Spanish High Readiness […]

Direct from Press Release Operation AGENOR, the military leg of the European-led Maritime Awareness mission in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH), today got a new Force Commander. “I am honoured to have been appointed as the next commander of operation AGENOR. It is clear to me that AGENOR has established itself as a well-recognised and […]

Edited by Stephen Elliott from Press Release The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) is operating the CAMCOPTER® S-100 for enhanced maritime surveillance in the Baltic Sea.  The Finnish Border Guard will adopt it later this year.  Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 is part of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) service, delivered by the European […]

Peter Donaldson Preceded only by the HARRIER and the Soviet era Yakovlev Yak-69, the Lockheed Martin F-35B LIGHTNING II is a member of a very exclusive club of jets to operate from carriers without catapults and arresting gear. This it achieves with the aid of a thrust vectoring nozzle for the engine exhaust, a lift […]

Hans Uwe Mergener The Danish frigate HDMS IVER HUITFELDT returned to her base on 10 December 2020 after a four-month deployment to Arab peninsular waters. From late August to late November 2020, it joined Operation AGÉNOR the military pillar of the European Maritime Surveillance Mission in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASOH). This European-led mission’s goals […]