MDAT-GoG have reported that on 18th September 2017 at 2107UTC, a merchant ship was attacked near 044700N 0081800E (in vicinity of Parrot Island, Calabar, Nigeria). Four speed boats are believed to…
In response to the continuing threat in the area of the Bab Al Mandeb straits related to the conflict in the Yemen and potential piracy, the Combined Maritime Forces have issued a guidance bulletin…
A merchant ship reported that it was approached by four skiffs with five to six persons on board each at 0602hrs local time 24 nm off Perim Island in the Bab el Mandeb. The skiffs came within 0.8 nm…
UKMTO NOTICERELEASED ON BEHALF OF UK GOVERNMENT’s DfTUKMTO NOTICE 001/AUG/2017
1. Category: Notice
2. Description: GUIDANCE ON TRANSITS THROUGH THE BAB EL MANDEB AND ASSOCIATED WATERS
The…
Pirates who boarded a cargo vessel off the coast of Bonny on 30 July kidnapped two officers and three crew members. The pirates boarded the Panama-flagged merchant vessel OYA 1 some 15 nm southwest…
A merchant vessel reported being approached on three occasions by a single skiff travelling at 25Kts on the vessel’s starboard side between 1930 and 2030 hrs local time on 29/7/2017 around 20 nm…
A merchant vessel reported it was approached by nine white-hulled skiffs with 10 persons on board each in the northbound shipping lane of the Bab el Mandeb, 29 nm west-northwest of Hodeidah, coming…
The new, harmonised EU-wide regulatory regime for insurance companies, known as Solvency II, came into force with effect from 1 January 2016. The regime requires new reporting and public…
Recent attacks against merchant shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb have highlighted that there are still risks associated with transits through these waters.
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The report, issued on 4 May 2017, details the three key areas where piracy and armed robbery are prevalent, namely the Gulf of Guinea, Somalia and the Horn of Africa and the Southern Philippines.…
