There might be a broad welcome for the conclusions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Symposium on the Future of Ship Safety held in London at the organisation’s headquarters earlier this month. This was an opportunity for those who are on the receiving end of the regulators’ activities to suggest that there was room…
On 4 July 2013, whilst conducting counter-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden, the Force Commander of the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), Commodore Jorge Novo Palma, met with the Commander of the NATO counter-piracy Operation Ocean Shield, Commodore Henning Amundsen. HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen, flagship of the NATO operation, hosted the meeting between…
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced that the IMO has implemented three additional safety-related policies from the 2012 Global Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review at the recently completed IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting. All ten policies from the Review have now been included in formal IMO standards specific to Passenger Ship Safety. “As a…
Maritime border co-operation is not something new for many Southeast Asian countries. These complex boundaries have encouraged them to co-operate to increase security in the region as well as to use resources wisely. Indonesia peacefully maintains maritime boundaries with many countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines and Palau, Asep Karsidi, head of Indonesia’s…