The number of pirate attacks have fallen sharply in the first half of 2012, led by a drop in Somali piracy, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report revealed today, but warned that these numbers were offset by a worrying increase of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea.
Read moreNo South Korean ships have been targets of piracy since early last year as the country and allies enhance anti-piracy activity off Somalia, the South Korean government said. Nine South Korean ships were pirated off Somalia between 2006 and May of last year, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said, adding it
Read moreOn Friday, July 27, an armed security team onboard the MAA SAMUDA KHATUN fired warning shots at two skiffs, avoiding a potential boarding. The MAA SAMUDA KHATUN was sailing in the Red Sea just southwest of Hanish Al Kubra, en route to Suez when 14 men in two skiffs armed with guns and knives
Read moreSt Kitts & Nevis has become the latest of five flag state signatories to the Washington declaration condemning acts of violence against seafarers – joining Bahamas, Liberia, Marshall Islands and Panama. The move underpins major quality initiatives by the London-based St Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg), which has achieved further improvements in
Read moreREPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday the government is paying attention to manufacturing, fertilizer, petrochemical, steel, shipbuilding, sugar, small and medium industries in the development of the industrial sectors. “The manufacturing industry will create more jobs, the steel industry will contribute to the implementation of MP3EI (master plan for the acceleration
Read moreNumber of incidents: 1.HORN OF AFRICA:Weather conditions in the High Risk Area continue to be generally unsupportive of small boat operations. The effects of the monsoon are likely to begin declining around September, which will bring a calmer sea state and a likely increase in pirate activity. Having said that, the threat of piracy still
Read moreBatam, Sumatra (ANTARA News) – Tropical storm Vicente, which swept through Vietnam earlier in the week, has led to extreme heat conditions in Batam and other regencies in Riau Islands Province. “The heat was caused by the Vicente storm in Vietnam,” said Tria Agus, the Head of Information and Research of Geophysical, Climatology, and
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