Tag: Indian Ocean

While the Indian Ocean piracy ‘High Risk Area’ will be removed on 1 January 2023, regional conflicts, heightened military activity, and increased political tensions continue to pose threats to merchant vessels operating in this geographic area, warns US MARAD.

After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations the shipping industry has removed the ‘Indian Ocean High Risk Area’ (HRA).

The European Council extended implementation in the Gulf of Guinea for two years and established a new Maritime Area of Interest in the North-Western Indian Ocean. The Council approved the two sets of conclusions on the Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) concept.

Australia will provide 26 million U.S. dollars over a five-year period to support maritime security and disaster management in the Northeast Indian Ocean.

Europe is preparing to enhance its naval presence in the north west Indian Ocean "to uphold freedom of navigation" in the world's trade jugular.

Diaplous Group has issued a white paper to inform about the complex environment of maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and to assess whether the High-Risk Area (HRA) is worth it to be maintained or abolished.

During the 2021 SAFETY4SEA Virtual Forum, Panel 4 discussed about maritime piracy in the era of COVID-19.

Regional conflict, heightened military activity, and increased political tensions pose threats to merchant vessels operating in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean.

Major shipping groups, including BIMCO, ICS, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, and OCIMF, announced an upcoming reduction of geographic boundaries of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean, which will apply from 1 September 2021, as a consequence of a continued downward trend in Somali piracy. 

The Joint War Committee has recently reviewed the Listed Areas, and has agreed the following changes.