Indian Ocean

Kenya focuses on oil spill training

The Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has embarked on training shippers and other maritime members on how to handle oils spills and other cases of pollution in the sea. The training also aimed at teaching on effective action to limit the damage that may result from oil pollution in the Lamu Indian Ocean and other places along the Coast region.

Namely, as stated by George Okong’o, KMA Director General, Lamu Country experiences an increase in activities both in shipping industry and petroleum market....

https://safety4sea.com/kenya-focuses-on-oil-spill-training/

Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project regional mapping meeting for Atlantic and Indian Oceans held in Palisades, New York

Participants at The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 project regional mapping meeting for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans gathered in Palisades, New York.

The first Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project regional mapping meeting for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans took place this month at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. The meeting in Palisades, NY, was chaired by Dr Vicki Ferrini, who leads the Seabed 2030 Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regional Data Centre. In...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/29/nippon-foundation-gebco-seabed-2030-project-regional-mapping-meeting-for-atlantic-and-indian-oceans-held-in-palisades-new-york/

Chief of naval staff of India highlights maritime terrorism as a global issue

Chief of naval staff of India, Admiral Sunil Lanba, on October, reiterated in a maritime symposium in Verem the importance of cooperative engagement to promote maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and that maritime terrorism was no longer just a national or regional concern, but a global security challenge.

The naval chief, who was addressing the Goa Maritime Symposium being held at the Naval War College in Verem, said that along with conventional maritime threats, unconventional...

https://safety4sea.com/chief-of-naval-staff-of-india-highlights-maritime-terrorism-as-a-global-issue/

Solo yachtsman rescued in the Indian Ocean

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) coordinated the search and rescue operation for a French yachtsman in the Indian Ocean, approximately 1300 kilometres south west of Perth, Western Australia.

On 21 October, around 12.45am, AMSA was notified of a dismasted yacht taking on water. The French yacht ‘Laaland’ was participating in the Golden Globe race. The yacht subsequently activated a distress beacon around 5.30am.

AMSA tasked the ‘Challenger’ jet to locate the vessel and report back...

https://safety4sea.com/solo-yachtsman-rescued-in-the-indian-ocean/

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