Shipping Organisations

  • The maritime cyber threat

    Why 50,000 ships are so vulnerable to cyberattacks The shipping industry has been slow to prepare adequate cybersecurity. Alexandersonscc/pixabay, CC BY-SA Keith Martin, Royal Holloway and Rory Hopcraft, Royal Holloway […]

  • Posidonia opens its doors

    POSIDONIA 2018 WELCOMES THE WORLD Greek PM Opens global maritime agenda-setting shipping show which sets major milestone with over 2,000 exhibitors on 50th anniversary Greek Prime Minister Mr Alexis Tsipras […]

  • EUNAVFOR, Kenya drills

    Helping Kenya’s blue economy. European Union Operation Atalanta and Kenyan maritime authorities conducting joint exercises Senior Kenyan and European officials are today meeting in Mombasa where the flagship of the […]

  • IMO in Jeddah

    Code of Conduct revised. Jeddah workshop aims to ensure safe and secure regional waters Signatory States to an agreement aimed at repressing piracy, armed robbery and illicit maritime activity in […]

  • IMO audits Kenya

    Clipboards at the ready. Maritime security in focus as IMO team starts audit process Harrison Kivisu Kenya’s maritime industry is in the spotlight as International Maritime Organisation (IMO) begins to […]

  • IMO trains Libya PFSOs

    Focus on ISPS Code and SOLAS. First IMO training event for Libyan port facility security officers IMO maritime security training is underway for Libyan port facility security officers, managers and […]

  • CGPCS meets up

    CGPCS meeting provides little comfort. Piracy in the Indian Ocean: the number of incidents rising Incidents at sea are on the rise. Between January 2017 and March this year, 78 cases […]

  • ReCAAP round table

    Would one reporting body be sufficient? ReCAAP ISC and RSIS Co-organises Maritime Roundtable  on “Single Reporting Centre” for Piracy and Sea Robbery This is the first Maritime Roundtable co-organised by […]

  • IMB posts piracy stats

    IMB’s latest report makes for grim reading. Pirate attacks worsen in Gulf of Guinea London and Kuala Lumpur, 10 April 2018 – A surge in armed attacks against ships around […]

  • NIMASA pushes back

    Questions raised over deal with Israeli firm. NIMASA debunks bribery allegation By: Oluwakemi Dauda The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has faulted claims of bribery in a maritime security […]