Update on 10 Nov 2023:- Transit Route Advice – Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Sea of Oman The maritime security in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Sea of Oman (the Region) remains challenging with a range of threats to vessels...
Update on 22 Jun 2023: Navy source MDAT-GOG reported that: On 22 Jun 2023, an MV at anchor in position 09138N – 013507W (16NM South of CONAKRY) has been boarded by 4 armed persons. The armed persons used force to take money from the safe. The...
The 107th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 107) took place from the 31st of May to the 9th June 2023. The following key topics were discussed: GHG Reduction/Safety New Fuels & Technologies Common Structural Rules Cargoes Cargo Gear...
Update on 16 Dec 2022: The piracy High Risk Area (HRA) in the Indian Ocean will be removed from 1 Jan 2023. A short guidance is prepared by a few Associations for reference of shipowners, as attached. Basically, it is to highlight that:...
-first posted 10 March 2022- Submissions to the Council’s 35th extraordinary session (C/ES.35), 10-11 March 2022 C/ES.35/3/4 – Impact on seafarers (see attached) Submissions to the Editorial & Technical Group’s 36th session (E&T...
The 106th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 106) took place from the 2nd to the 11th November 2022. Please find attached the INTERCARGO Brief on the outcome of MSC 106. In addition to the attached, a brief summary is below: You need to...
Joint Media Release – 22 August 2022 “Shipping industry to remove the Indian Ocean High Risk Area” After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations the shipping industry has removed the ‘Indian Ocean...
Joint Media Release – 11 July 2022 “Nigeria and Shipping Industry Launch Strategy to Eliminate Piracy Threat in Gulf of Guinea” The Government of Nigeria and a coalition of global shipping stakeholders have launched a new strategy to end...
Update on 23 May 2022: The Singapore Navy office IFC plans to disseminate the IFC bridge card for use on board merchant vessels transiting in the Area of Interest. The IFC bridge card provides a quick reference guide to the IFC’s Voluntary Community...
-first posted 20 March 2021- Submissions to the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 103), 5-14 May 2021 MSC 103/9/1 – Comments on document MSC 102/9 – Updates on recent developments related to maritime security (see attached) MSC 103/10/4 –...