Tag: Indian Ocean

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.

A US-based exploration company will resume the search for the missing plane of Malaysia Airlines' flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean, after receiving the 'go-ahead' by the Malaysian government. The incident remains one of the world's most significant aviation mysteries.

In the latest paper by Oceans Beyond Piracy, OBP addresses the issue of Vessel Protection Detachments, as some flag states began authorizing and deploying uniformed military personnel to embark on commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.