South Africa signs Jeddah Amendment to combat illicit maritime activity

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…

Development of National Maritime Strategy Set to Boost Kenya’s Blue Economy  

Participants drawn from 18 agencies within the Kenya maritime sector took part in a two-day National Maritime Security Strategy development workshop, held in Mombasa (7-8 March 2022), and funded under the EU Port Security and Safety of Navigation project, of which the International Maritime Organization is a partner.  “This effort will help combat illegal, unregulated,…