Tag: Indian Ocean

The Round Table of international shipping associations plus the OCIMF representing the global shipping and oil industry have announced that the geographic boundaries of the 'High Risk Area' for piracy in the Indian Ocean have been reduced. The regional UKHO Maritime Security Chart, Q6099 will be updated by Notice to Mariners and a new version will be produced to reflect these changes which will take effect from 1 May 2019.  

Scientists will carry out a years-long mission to further explore the Indian Ocean. The scientists aim to document changes that are happening underneath the sea level, and that are able to impact billions of people in the region during the coming decades. The so-called 'Nekton Mission' will carry out dives in other parts of the Indian Ocean over the course of three years.

According to BBC's Anne Soy, foreign navy powers have played a crucial role in handling piracy off Somalia's coast. Somali territorial waters saw a rise in smuggling, illegal fishing by foreign trawlers, illegal dumping and later piracy. But 10 years ago, the European Union, Nato and others began to deploy naval forces to the region shortly after the UN Security Council allowed warships to enter Somali territorial waters. Pirate attacks have now all but stopped, after reaching a peak in 2011.

The Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has embarked on training shippers and other maritime members on how to handle oils spills and other cases of pollution in the sea. The training also aimed at teaching on effective action to limit the damage that may result from oil pollution in the Lamu Indian Ocean and other places along the Coast region.

Chief of naval staff of India, Admiral Sunil Lanba, on October, reiterated in a maritime symposium in Verem the importance of cooperative engagement to promote maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region and that maritime terrorism was no longer just a national or regional concern, but a global security challenge. Indian Navy has accorded a high degree of priority to maritime engagement with countries in the India Ocean Region.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) coordinated the search and rescue operation for a French yachtsman in the Indian Ocean, approximately 1300 kilometres south west of Perth, Western Australia. On 21 October, around 12.45am, AMSA was notified of a dismasted yacht taking on water.

Members of the FISH-i Africa Task Force, comprising eight Southeast African coastal states, met in Mozambique on 26-28 June 2018, to discuss ongoing investigations and to develop plans to strengthen this regional cooperation against illegal fishing in the Western Indian Ocean Region.

Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke informed that a search by the US firm Ocean Infinity for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in 2014, ended on Tuesday, May 29. However, according to international sources, the company is considering to continue its search, even after the deadline has passed.

Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke informed that a private search by a US firm for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in 2014, will end on Tuesday, May 29. Flight MH370 was carrying 239 people and it disappeared while going from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke informed that a private search by a US firm for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in 2014, will end on Tuesday, May 29. Flight MH370 was carrying 239 people and it disappeared while going from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.