Tag: Maldives

Shimad Ibrahim, the Managing Director of the State Trade Organization of the Maldives has recently signed a term sheet agreement with Vitol to establish a bunkering hub in Maldives. 

According to local news, two Indians stranded on cargo ship off Maldives, without pay and provisions for 13 months. 

A coastal sailing vessel that heading for the Maldives, sank off the island nation’s coast on October 8. One of the eight crew is missing, while the others have been rescued.

Maldives became the latest country that designated seafarers as keyworkers. The list of countries designating seafarers as key workers now stands at 63 IMO Member States and two Associate Members.

The Maldives could soon release a Greek-owned bulker that it detained for over three and a half months, after receiving $10m as compensation from Navios Maritime Partners, for the ship's grounding in August.

The Maldives is now open for all nationalities, while crew changes can be conducted through Male.

The Maldives are facing the danger of going underwater, unable to build critical infrastructures, as sea-walls, and have therefore asked the United Nations for financing to deal with the climate change.

 On Wednesday, December 4, India gifted the indigenously made patrol vessel CGS Kaamiyaabu to the Maldives National Defense Coast Guard, in order to enhance maritime security in the the Indian Ocean archipelago. It is said that the vessel will be manned by eight Maldives personnel which will be trained in India other than establishing maritime security in the region, it aims to foster its blue economy and safeguard its tourism industry. The initiatives were formally announced during the past year and were launched through a video conference, earlier this week.

The Union Council of Ministers of India has given approval for the MoU between India and Maldives for the establishment of passenger and cargo services by sea, which was signed on June 8, 2019 during the visit of Prime Minister of India to Maldives.

IMO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), IMO security and counter-terrorism treaties, such as SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the suppression of unlawful acts (SUA) instruments, conducted a cross-regional workshop in Bali, Indonesia to support the implementation of the treaties in South and South-East Asia for terrorist attacks. The workshop took place on 5 to 8 of February.