Worldwide acts of piracy fell to their lowest level last year since statistics were first established in 2008, a maritime security body said this week. The Maritime Information Cooperation and Awareness Center (MICA), the France-based branch of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) which is headquartered in Malaysia, said there had been 300 reported acts of piracy and robbery last year. The IMB had already reported in its quarterly report in October that such acts were at their lowest level since 1992. In the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast ...

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.

At 00:01 UTC on 1 January 2023, the Shipping Industry Indian Ocean High Risk Area (HRA) for piracy will be removed.  The removal of the HRA reflects a significantly improved piracy situation in the region  Voyage preparation, threat, and risk assessment as part of following Best Management Practice 5 (BMP5) remain essential.  BMP5 reporting processes and the presence of international naval forces remains in place until further notice. What will change  As announced on 22 August 2022 the Indian Ocean HRA for piracy will be removed ...

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.

Signatory States to the revised Code of Conduct concerning the repression of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden Area, also known as the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) 2017, have agreed the next steps to enhance implementation of the amended code. A high-level meeting, held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (22-24 November), agreed practical measures for the implementation of an improved, region-led Information Sharing Network to meet the objectives of the Jeddah ...

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

A Danish court on Monday found a Nigerian man guilty of endangering the lives of military personnel during a gunfight last year with Danish troops on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Guinea. However, the court declined to punish the man because of his health, and his suspected accomplices had been released. “The court emphasized that the man, together with the other perpetrators, fulfilled all the signs of piracy and had to be described as a pirate group,” Copenhagen city court said in a statement. He was, however, never ...

Cases of piracy in the Indian Ocean have fallen significantly but maritime security experts say other illicit activities remain a concern. “Piracy areas have been shrinking,” said Olli Pekka Suorsa, assistant professor in homeland security at the UAE’s Rabdan Academy. “The industry is planning to altogether remove the high-risk area in the Indian Ocean in January 2023.” This will come into effect after several reductions in the size of the high-risk areas in the region, which are currently around the Horn of Africa, he said at an event hosted by ...

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

BP said that the vessel Heroic Idun had been cleared by the AKPO terminal “before she arrived to load the cargo” As has been reported in the press, the charterer said that the vessel Heroic Idun had been cleared by the AKPO terminal before she arrived to load the cargo. The Heroic Idun was approved, vetted, and cleared by the AKPO Terminal towards the end of July to load the cargo of oil at the centre of this case. On August 8 when the vessel arrived, the Terminal had not ...

A tanker was hit off the coast of Oman on Tuesday, sustaining minor damage to the hull with no injuries or spillage of the gas oil cargo, Israeli-controlled Eastern Pacific Shipping said on Wednesday and an Israeli official said Iran was responsible. Three maritime sources told Reuters that a drone was suspected to have attacked the tanker. An Israeli official said Iran was responsible for the attack, using a Shahed-136 drone, the type it has been supplying to Russia for use in Ukraine. Iran’s Nournews, which is affiliated with the ...