The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), to support IMO’s Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme (ITCP) capacity-building activities through the provision of experts and hostship facilities for the delivery of ITCP activities, as well as the secondment of staff from AMSA. The MoU between…
Owners, insurers, say Dutch ships at risk in piracy waters ought to be allowed to employ armed private security guards Last year the number of cases of piracy off the coasts of East and West Africa doubled, with 800 crew members being taken hostage, NRC.informs ‘Dutch News’. The Netherlands’ government does not allow ship…
The busiest ports in the world are determined on the basis of the container traffic passing through them. Thus, it is not necessary that the biggest ports in the world are also the busiest ports in the world. The marine domain has increased by leaps and bounds in the past few decades, necessitating port and…
NATO Shipping Centre promulgates its latest weekly piracy assessment for the ‘High Risk Area’ During the reporting period 7 – 13, June 2012, the number of piracy incidents in the High Risk Area (HRA) has remained low, with no incidents reported. Due to the South-West monsoon between June and September, sea conditions in the HRA…