A ceremony attended by senior US and Japanese diplomats, Tanzanian Government officials and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the IMO for Maritime Security and Anti-Piracy Programmes, Mr Hartmut Hesse, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 17 September 2012 marked the completion of the installation of an integrated radar and automatic identification system…
Sengigi, West Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA News) – The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, AIPA, has postponed the South China Sea resolution proposal owing to the improving situation in the area and also to avoid considering the pros and cons of the assembly`s delegation. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Executive Committee led by…
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, during his closing address to the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) VTS (Vessel Traffic Services) Symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, (14 September 2012), praised the safety record of the Turkish Straits VTS, which came into service in 2003, and encouraged IALA and VTS operators to undertake…
17 incidents of piracy and robbery at sea occurred during August 2012. There were reports of hijacks in West and East Africa, with a further 9 robbery incidents recorded in southeast Asia. Recent claims of a significant reduction in piracy has hit the headlines over the past month, however, with warnings that it is…