EU initiative for the Gulf of Aden
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The European Union (EUNAVFOR ATALANTA) is initiating a ‘Close Support Protection’ system for vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden.
EUNAVFOR had requested all owners / operators requiring the close protection to register on the Maritime Security Centre - Horn of Africa (MSC-HOA) website: www.mschoa.org
Please see below the initial guidlines aa released by EUNAVFOR
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INITIAL GUIDANCE TO THE [...]
Maritime body issues S. China Sea piracy warning
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Ships have been told to keep a lookout to guard against pirate attacks in the South China Sea off eastern Malaysia following an attack on a vessel last week, the International Maritime Bureau said on Sunday.
The warning came after pirates attacked a coal ship 10 nautical miles off the coast of the eastern Malaysian island [...]
New inspection regime to start on 1 January 2009
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Norway is enforcing International Labour Organisation Convention No. 178 - the Labour Inspection (Seafarers) Convention. DNV will conduct these inspections in accordance with requirements set by the Norwegian flag authority.
The Norwegian flag authority, represented by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD), has directed all its recognised organisations to start inspecting ships as from the beginning of [...]
Major ports to get commando units
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Chennai/ Mumbai, Dec. 2 Major ports in the country will soon have their own elite marine commando units on the lines of the National Security Guard, as part of their initiative to beef up security in the wake of last week’s terrorist attacks on Mumbai.
That the terrorists had landed in Mumbai by sea has all [...]
2008 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea presented to Brazilian seafarer
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The 2008 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea has been presented to a Brazilian seafarer who saved fellow crew members from a dangerous fire on a ship.
Mr. Rodolpho Fonseca da Silva Rigueira, of the drill ship Noble Roger Eason, nominated by the Government of Brazil, for his decisive, selfless action to rescue six fellow [...]
Legal Hurdles in West Slow Pursuit of Pirates
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Somali pirates firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked yet another ship in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, this time seizing a chemical tanker. A German military helicopter from a nearby warship arrived in time to pull three security guards out of the water, but not soon enough to prevent the hijacking of the [...]
BUNKER CONVENTION IN FORCE
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THE International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 came into effect last Friday. The Convention was adopted to ensure that adequate, prompt, and effective compensation is available to persons who suffer damage caused by spills of oil, when carried as fuel in ships’ bunkers. The Convention applies to damage caused on [...]
Shipping industry urges EU governments to take up arms against Somali pirates
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Abdul Hassan, chief of the pirate group called the ‘Central Regional Coastguard’, carries a rocket-propelled grenade on to a boat with some of his crew. Photograph: Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images
European shipowners are urging their governments to wage war on Somali pirates and seize vessels by force, the Guardian has learned, amid growing fear that shippers [...]
BW Gas, TMT, Euronav May Avoid Somalia After Attacks by Pirates
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By Alaric Nightingale and John Martens
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — BW Gas Ltd., the world’s biggest operator of liquefied-gas tankers, Euronav NV and TMT Co. Ltd. said they may divert ships away from Somalia after an escalation in piracy led to the capture of a Saudi Arabian supertanker.
BW Gas is urging its customers to avoid the [...]
Training Ship SPIRIT OF MOL Holds Anti-Piracy/Terrorism Drill
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. yesterday announced that MOL, along with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and other organizations involved, conducted an anti-piracy/terrorism drill aboard the training ship SPIRIT OF MOL in the South China Sea on November 17. During the drill, the JCG patrol ship Shikishima hurried to site, and marine safety officers boarded the [...]
