On 12th July 2022, the Chang He General Cargo, a commercial vessel, sunk in the Indian Ocean, while sailing from Shanghai, China to Misrata, Libya with 12 crew members on board. The vessel sank in position 06 50 N / 052 38 E forcing 10 crew members to evacuate into their survival crafts (1 lifeboat…

Identifying emerging threats to maritime security is key in developing the right tools to ensure sound maritime security governance. To address this, thirty participants from multiple Kenyan Government Ministries and Agencies with responsibility for maritime security policy and operational implementation are taking part in a five-day IMO-sponsored workshop (9-13 May). They will assist the Kenyan Government…

Article sourced from the IMO website. All credit rightfully belongs to the International Maritime Organization South Africa has become the 17th signatory* to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC). The Jeddah Amendment was adopted in 2017 to broaden the scope of the DCoC, which was developed and adopted in 2009 by…