Several countries party to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct led their maritime agencies in celebrating the International Day of #WomenInMaritime this past weekend (18 May 2024). Ms. Kiran Shamloll, the Secretary for Shipping Development at the Ministry of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries & Shipping (Mauritius), featured prominently in a series…

The European Union is set to join the Djibouti Code of Conduct and its Jeddah Amendment as a Friend (i.e observer), following a formal approval of their invitation, by Signatory countries of the Code through its Secretariat. In a press statement issued on 22 April 2024, the EU has affirmed its strong support to the…

On behalf of Signatory States to the Djibouti Code of Conduct, the Republic of South Africa as Chair to its Steering Committee is delighted to extend a warm welcome to the Kingdom of Bahrain as it officially joins the signatories of the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC-JA). On March 6th, the…

Three crew members lost their lives, and three out of four additional individuals sustained critical injuries in a missile attack on the MV True Confidence, carried out by Houthi rebels on March 6 at 11:30 am Atlantic Standard Time, southwest of Aden, Yemen. The vessel, a Barbados-flagged bulk carrier operated by Third January Maritime and…