Tag: maritime security

IMO’s Chris Trelawny outlined the current trans-national threats to shipping, highlighting that for effective maritime security,  cooperation, coordination and communication between all stakeholders at national, regional and international level, are required.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers’ meeting, held in Clark, Philippines, this week, focused on the importance of high-level discussions of strategic defense and security matters, including North Korea, terrorism and maritime security.

As part of Australia's and the Philippines' cooperation, defense forces will also work together to strengthen intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the southern Philippines, as well as enhancing maritime security engagement and maritime patrols between the two countries.

James Wilkes, Gray Page, presents a fresh approach to thinking about maritime security, looking at the ways in which terrorism has distorted shipping’s physical security priorities. How the threat of terrorism resulted in ISPS Code - the first and only global maritime security regulation of its kind. And what shipping’s priorities should really be when dealing with maritime security.

ReCAAP ISC has issued its Quarterly Report, reporting a total of 50 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, on January-September 2017. The overall situation in Asia continues to improve with the lowest number of incidents reported at this period, compared to the same period of 2007-2016. 

The battle occurring in the southern Philippine city of Marawi between supporters of Islamic State and the Philippine’s government, has raised many fears for piracy, kidnapping and terrorism. SQE MARINE consulting company informs about the new security transit corridors which have been set in the aforementioned areas. 

At the EU-hosted Our Ocean conference in Malta, on 5 to 6 of October, the European Union committed to take actions in order to tackle the problem of maritime security.

The index aims to measure and map a range of threats to maritime governance and the capacity of nations to counter these threats. By bringing diverse challenges like piracy, smuggling and capacity-building into one comprehensive analysis, industry can better identify areas for development and expanded cooperation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, in cooperation with ReCAAP ISC, jointly launched the inaugural Capacity Building Executive Programme on combating piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia in Singapore.