UNIDENTIFIED pirates have boarded a vessel ‘M TNyon’ attacked and robbed crew members during the most recent incident of piracy in West Africa. Yesterday’s incident, which reportedly left several crew members with minor injuries, came a day after the United Nations Security Council met to review security in the Gulf of Guinea and discuss the steps required to continue the overall decline in piracy reports from the region. The coordinated British and France monitoring operation Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea (MDAT GoG) issued an advisory this morning ...

International cooperation is making waves in combatting piracy in West Africa, but addressing its root causes and ensuring sustainable funding must fully eliminate threat, which is spreading to other regions, a top UN official told the Security Council this week. Despite gains made in tackling sea-faring criminal groups, “piracy incidents continue to threaten the safety of maritime traffic in the region,” said Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. Effective deterrents Since her last briefing on maritime security in ...

As the world’s farthest-reaching and perhaps most vital industry, shipping is especially vulnerable the risks caused by geopolitical events. Dramatic developments, in war risk, illegal territorial expansion, cybercrime and global health issues all significantly challenged the maritime industry in 2022. Set against this backdrop. Dryad Global have delivered actionable insights and decision-making support tools to the maritime industry, covering the immediate crisis facing shipping at the outbreak of the Ukraine war, developing geopolitical uncertainties in the Taiwan Strait, Iranian activity within the wider Middle Eastern Gulf, the continued threat of ...

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.

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.

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

The US is leading 10 other nations in stepping up patrols in the Middle East, specifically in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran seized two merchant vessels since late April alone. The Defense Department “will be making a series of moves to bolster our defensive posture in the Arabian Gulf,” or the Persian Gulf, White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters May 12, according to AFP and other news wires. “Iran’s unwarranted, irresponsible and unlawful seizure and harassment of merchant vessels must stop,” the US 5th Fleet’s commander, ...

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 ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC), together with the three co-organisers BIMCO, INTERTANKO and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), held an annual Piracy and Sea Robbery Conference today in conjunction with Singapore Maritime Week 2023. This year’s conference featured a two-part panel discussion where panellists deliberated on the importance of “Partnership” between the shipping industry and law enforcement agencies in combating piracy and armed robbery against ships, to ensure safe and secure seas for seafarers. Dr Heike Deggim, Director of the Maritime Safety Division at the International ...

According to the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) annual piracy report (2022), global piracy has hit a 30-year low and is declining for the second year in a row. The ICC IMB’s annual report shows a 13% drop in overall attacks in 2022 compared to 2021, where the decline has been attributed primarily to the decrease in activity in the Gulf of Guinea. The report recorded a total of 115 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in 2022 – compared to 132 in 2021 – with half of ...

Sea robbery and piracy related incidents in Asia rose 9% year on year to 25 in the first quarter of 2023 due to more of such attacks in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, an international watchdog monitoring the trend said late April 27. More than 75% of these incidents took place in the Singapore Straits, according to ReCAAP, the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia. Its share was 65% and 60% in the whole of 2022 and 2021, the data showed. ReCAAP’s ...

The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between the two organisations in combating maritime crime and piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia. Under the MoU, ReCAAP ISC and UNODC GMCP have agreed to exchange information and material on threats and trends related to maritime crime, piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia. The MoU will also facilitate reciprocal representation by the ReCAAP ISC and ...