Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Shipowners and charterers carrying commodities in the Indian Ocean are unlikely to see lower insurance premiums in the near term despite industry bodies’ decision to remove the region’s High Risk Area, or HRA, status, several maritime executives said Aug. 23. The piracy situation near Somalia has improved, which has warranted the decision of key international shipping associations to remove its HRA status, though that will not take effect until next year, a maritime insurance executive in Singapore said. Industry bodies, including the International Chamber of Shipping, BIMCO, International Marine Contractors ...

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

A senior Iranian commander claimed on Wednesday that the country’s naval forces thwarted an overnight pirate attack on one of the country’s merchant vessels in the Red Sea. Iranian Navy’s deputy head of operations, Rear Admiral Mostafa Tajeddini, said the escort flotilla of the army’s naval unit, led by the Jamaran destroyer, responded to a distress call from an Iranian ship in the Red Sea, and fended off the attacking boats after a heavy exchange of fire. “Thanks to the effective [naval] presence and after heavy exchanges, the attacking boats ...

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

BMT, a leading international multi-disciplinary engineering and design consultancy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Plymouth to jointly research ship design and cyber security in the maritime sector. BMT has a growing cyber security team and recognises the unique challenges created in the maritime domain. The new agreement will look at harnessing the capabilities of the University’s recently opened £3.2 million Cyber-SHIP Lab. This world-leading facility is dedicated to simulating and understanding maritime cyber threats and facilitating future secure maritime operations through cyber resilience research, ...

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

On 22nd July 2022, Ukraine and Russia signed agreements with Turkiye to facilitate the export of grain, foodstuffs, and fertilisers from Ukraine. The Ukraine-Russia War has contributed to skyrocketing global food prices that are assessed to have pushed 47 million people into acute hunger. Developing and emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America have been the most severely impacted, due to their reliance on fuel and grain imports. Food price hikes have contributed to political unrest and violence. The Black Sea Grain Initiative promises to increase the global supply ...

An Iranian warship on Saturday prevented an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden, the country’s naval chief said. “Navy commandos were successful in repulsing this morning the attack by pirates against an Iranian commercial convoy in the Gulf of Aden,” said navy commander Admiral Shahram Irani, quoted on Saturday by the official IRNA news agency. “The destroyer Alborz was escorting two oil tankers when they were attacked by five pirate ships,” he said, noting that Iranian shots were fired, forcing ...

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) received the lowest number of reported incidents for the first half of any year since 1994 – a testament to its pivotal role in raising awareness to make waters safer. IMB’s latest global piracy report details 58 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships – the lowest total since 1994 – down from 68 incidents during the same period last year. In the first six months of 2022, IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) reported 55 vessels boarded, two attempted attacks and one vessel ...

The Government of Nigeria and a coalition of global shipping stakeholders have launched a new strategy to end piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). The strategy establishes a mechanism to periodically assess the effectiveness of country-piracy initiatives and commitments in the GoG. Targeted at all stakeholders operating in the region, it will identify areas of improvement and reinforcement in order to eliminate piracy. The plan is split into two mutually supportive sections, (1) actions which can be overseen by the Nigerian Industry Working Group (NIWG), ...