Tag: maritime security

Speaking in Lagos, NIMASA Director General informed that the government approved the procurement of three helicopters and twelve fast intervention vessels, to ensure coastal and aerial surveillance and patrol of the Nigerian maritime environment.

Jamaica’s Special Envoy to IMO Council, Rear Admiral Peter Brady, is calling for the implementation of internationally accepted regulations, to effectively promote maritime safety, security, improved working conditions on board vessels, and pollution prevention by ships, the maritime authority of Jamaica announced.

A new report by OEF, OBP and Secure Fisheries, highlights that it is not only piracy that affects maritime security in Somali land, but other complex issues as well, such as illegal fishing, coastal violence, and human trafficking. In particular, there are eight important factors which create an insecure maritime environment in Somali waters.

Frontex, EMSA and EFCA signed a Tripartite Working Arrangement in an effort to strengthen their cooperation on coast guard functions. The agreement sets out the framework for the synergy between the European agencies which will enable them to support in “an effective and cost-efficient way” the activities of more than 300 civilian and military authorities in the EU member states.

It is very common that Somali pirates attack ships in revenge for illegal fishing by foreigners. Thus, Somali officials recently said that NATO must do more in order to prevent the illegal fishing that sparked the latest picacy attack on Aris 13.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has welcomed the newest vessel to the Maritime Security Program (MSP) in the strategic port of Beaumont, Texas. Renamed the M/V Liberty Passion, the vessel is the third ship owned by Liberty Global Logistics to join the MSP fleet.

EMSA has recently contracted four companies to provide maritime surveillance services to support national authorities carrying out coastguard functions, thereby extending EMSA’s portfolio of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System based services.

Maersk announced that will cooperate with IBM, for the creation of a global trade digitisation solution, that will move all administrative processes and transactions associated with one container shipment to the internet. The global trade digitisation solution will enable the real-time exchange of supply chain events and documents, allowing the flow of information, with greater security.

Secure and efficient ports support a sustainable maritime sector and underline the interconnection between ships, ports and people. This was one of the themes outlined by IMO's Javier Yasnikouski, Head of Maritime Security, who was speaking at the Hemispheric Conference on Port Competitiveness and Security.