Tag: Gulf of Aden

During the 80th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), 3-7 July 2023, it was decided that from 2025, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will be special areas under MARPOL Annexes I and V.

Dryad Global published its Annual Report 2022/2023, which demonstrates that war risk, illegal territorial expansion, cyber crime and global health issues all significantly challenged the maritime industry in 2022.

US MARAD calls operators of vessels transiting the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz (SoH), Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bab al Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and Somali Basin to demonstrate extra vigilance as regional conflict, military activity, and political tensions pose threats to commercial vessels operating in these areas.

Security guards on superyacht Kalizma opened fire on Yemen Coast Guard boats in Yemen last Friday, allegedly mistaking them for pirates.

On 24th of February, the UKMTO issued an advisory to inform that it has received reports of approximately 10-12 small boats with up to 6 persons on each in the vicinity of IRTC Point B. 

The Combined Maritime Force (CMR) and EU NAVFOR have recently issued Industry Releasable Threat Bulletin (IRTB) 031 intended to help shipping operators who are responsible for merchant and large commercial fishing vessels that pass through, or operate in, the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (GOA).

IMO and States in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden region have begun developing a regional biofouling management strategy and action plan to prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species.

Coastal states and the shipping industry are confronting maritime security challenges in all of the seas and oceans surrounding Africa.

Iranian navy managed to thwart a pirate attack on one of the country’s oil tankers en route to the Gulf of Aden.

An Iranian warship on Saturday prevented an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden.