Bombing of the Houthi forces in Yemen in response to the attacks on international shipping has begun. US President Joe Biden said: “Today [January 11], at my direction, U.S. military […]
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Following what has been described as the ‘largest Houthi drone attack’ in the Red […]
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Yesterday saw growing international concern over the situation in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks on merchant ships caused more vessels to avoid the area and sent ocean freight rates soaring. While the story that hit the headlines was a formal joint statement from the governments of the United States and a dozen other nations warning the Houthis against further attacks, earlier in the day, the UN Security Council held a meeting on the issue.
'Attacks against international shipping in the Red...
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The Royal Navy recently revealed that in early 2022, whilst on routine maritime security operations, the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose seized Iranian weapons from speedboa ..
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The international efforts carried out over the past year to assess the risk of […] The post UN: No progress on accessing ‘ticking bomb’ FSO off Yemen appeared first on Offshore…
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The United Nations has received official approval from the Houthi authorities in Yemen to […] The post UN gets green light to inspect the decaying supertanker FSO Safer in Yemen appeared first…
An oil spot has been identified some 50 km west of the Safer oil […] The post Report: Saudi Arabia warns of an oil slick near Yemen’s decaying tanker appeared first on Offshore Energy.
Preliminary findings of the investigation into the coordinated attacks on four oil tankers, that took place in the morning hours of 12 May off the port of Fujairah, revealed that these attacks were ‘part of a sophisticated and coordinated operation carried out by an actor with significant operational capacity, most likely a state actor’.
This was heard as Permanent Representatives to the UN of the United Arab Emirates, Norway, and Saudi Arabia briefed members of the UN Security Council on the...
https://safety4sea.com/state-actor-likely-behind-the-tanker-attacks-off-fujairah/
The United Nations Secretary General’s office launched the ‘Activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel’ report, focusing on Nigeria loosing approximately $2.8 billion during 2018, as a result of crude oil and maritime crimes. Maritime crime, including piracy, dominated in the coast of West Africa and posed a big threat to peace and development in the region.
Mainly, despite piracy, the report noted an increase in the drug trade in the region.
According to UN’s report,...
https://safety4sea.com/nigeria-lost-2-8bn-to-piracyun-report/
According to BBC’s Anne Soy, foreign navy powers have played a crucial role in handling piracy off Somalia’s coast. Somali territorial waters saw a rise in smuggling, illegal fishing by foreign trawlers, illegal dumping and later piracy. The route through the Indian Ocean past the Somali coast became known as one of the most dangerous sea passages in the world. But 10 years ago, the European Union, Nato and others began to deploy naval forces to the region shortly after the UN Security Council...
https://safety4sea.com/foreign-powers-help-reduce-piracy-in-somalia/