Tag: anti piracy measures

The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) held a dialogue with the shipping industry to share the latest situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, as well as efforts by the littoral States to address armed robbery against ships in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS).

Following the rise in incidents involving piracy and hijacking in the Somali basin, EU Atalanta warns that ships are urged to maintain a heightened state of vigilance.

EU Naval Force ATALANTA has issued an update on the piracy threat off the coast of Somalia, following an increased number of reported incidents. 

Following the increased incidents of piracy and armed attacks at high seas, the Panama Maritime Authority as well as the Republic of Marshal Islands Maritime Administrator, have issued advisories to protect and inform crews.

Maritime Port Authority of Singapore released a marine circular which outlines its precautions to Singapore-registered ships, ship owners, managers, operators, masters, on ongoing security concerns for ships operating off the coast of West Africa, including the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) due to piracy and hijacking incidents.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is calling for the immediate release of the 26 seafarers of the very large crude carrier (VLCC) tanker Heroic Idun that are currently being detained without justification.  

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has not extended a resolution for the fight against piracy and armed robbery at sea within Somalia’s territorial waters.

Lt. CDR. Diego Cánovas-Cánovas, Special Advisor for the Shipping Industry, European Union Naval Force Operation Atalanta, makes an assessment of 2021 and shares his message for the new year across the global maritime community.

Ghana will push for international response to address the incidence of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea when it a takes its seat on the UN Security Council in January 2022.

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to allow international naval forces to continue using all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, only for the next three months.