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    Προεπιλογή U.S. Coast Guard issues new port security advisory

    U.S. Coast Guard issues new port security advisory
    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

    The U.S. Coast Guard has alerted the maritime community that Iran has been placed on the port security advisory list. The Coast Guard determined that Iran has not maintained effective anti-terrorism measures. The determination was made in accordance with the Maritime

    Transportation Security Act of 2002, which authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into account several factors, including whether a foreign port poses a high risk of introducing terrorism to international maritime commerce.

    Vessels will be targeted for increased boardings when arriving in U.S. ports if they have visited one of the countries in the port security advisory list during their last five port calls.

    Source: GAC

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    Προεπιλογή Security Bulletins

    Super yacht taken in the Gulf of Aden
    05.04.08


    BIMCO member CMA CMG has confirmed that Pirates have taken over a French luxury yacht with 34 crew on board off the coast of Somalia, and are holding the crew hostage. Pirates from two ships are reported to have taken over the yacht yesterday, 4 April, and were holding its crew captive. The French Foreign Ministry has verified the reports that a boat with some French crew had been the victim of an act of piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
    "The ship is the Ponant ... We have been informed that pirates are on board," said Guillaume Foucault, a spokesman for tour company Compagnie des Iles du Ponant, which is part of the CMA-CMG shipping group. The yacht was hijacked some 80 nautical miles north of Alula at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden while under way from the Seychelles to the Mediterranean sea, according to reports from the East African Seafarers Association who act as a focal point in the region. ''
    Members are again advised of the high risks transiting the Gulf of Aden and should make every effort to increase deck watch keeping during passage - the highest risk area is the eastern half of the gulf on a line from North of Boosaaso to Al Mukalla, Aden. Statistics show many hijackings on and around this line and it is likely opportunistic attacks are being carried out by illegal immigrant smugglers returning to Somalia.

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    Προεπιλογή US Coast Guard modifies conditions of entry

    US Coast Guard modifies conditions of entry,

    The US Coast Guard has just released Port Security Advisory 5-08 concerning the modification of conditions of entry on vessels arriving from ports not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures.

    Specifically, that Conditions of Entry Requirements for armed guards while vessels are in the US may be waived upon verification that appropriate measures were taken while the vessel was in a country found to not be maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures.

    In addition, the Coast Guard has identified three additional port facilities in Indonesia that are exempted from the conditions of entry.

    See attached pdf file.

    Source: BIMCO
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    Προεπιλογή Violent attacks in S China sea

    Violent attacks in S China sea
    Wednesday, 16 April 2008

    Two ships underway have been subject to violent attacks close to the Indonesian Island of Mangkai in the South China Sea, according to the latest International Maritime Bureau weekly report. The IMB also notes that, in addition to the well publicised Le Ponant incident another vessel, a fishing boat, was freed after being hijacked in Somalia due military action by an specified country. The IMB also notes a number of apparent attempts at boarding vessels underway in the Gulf of Aden.

    The incidents off Mangkai both occurred in the early hours of 13 April and were within a few miles of each other. In first incident12 pirates armed with guns, swords and iron bars approached a bulk carrier underway in a speedboat. The master raised alarm, crew directed fire hoses and Ship Security Alarm System was activated. Nevertheless the pirates managed to board the ship and stole crew personal belongings, ship's cash and property. After 50 minutes, they left the ship. No serious injuries to crew were reported

    The almost identical second incident involved a product tanker. Again pirates crew personal belongings and ship's property and escaped. The were no injuries to crew.
    In a brief report of an incident south of Mukalla port on Somalia's Gulf of Aden coast the IMB says pirates armed with guns attacked and hijacked a fishing vessel and sailed into Somali territorial waters. The fishing vessel, along with its 34 crew was released when a military helicopter intervened.

    Source: Maritime Global Net (Hellenic Shipping News)

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    Προεπιλογή New Somali piracy warning from IMB

    Πηγή: Hellenic Shipping News

    Tuesday, 22 April 2008
    The ICC International Maritime Bureau has issued a new warning top shipping sailing in the Gulf of Aden after suspected Somali-based pirates fired on 264,567 dwt Japanese flag VLCC. According to reports one of the 1993-built Takayama's bunker tanks was breached after the hull was hit by a rocket. In a separate incident the Spanish flag fishing vessel Playa de Bakio was hijacked some 240 miles off the Somali coast with 13 Spanish nationals and 13 other crew who were thought to be Somalis
    In its advisory the IMB warns: “All vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden are advised to take additional precautionary measures and maintain a strict 24 hour anti piracy visual and radar watch. Report all incidents including suspicious sighting to IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. An unidentified ship attacked a Japanese oil tanker Monday off the east coast of Yemen without causing any injuries, the tanker's operator said, but a news report said the vessel was leaking fuel.”

    Source: Maritime Global Net

    VLCC Takayama Safe after Attack in the Gulf of Aden Tuesday, 22 April 2008
    Around 10:10 a.m. Japan time (4:40 a.m. local time) on April 21, 2008, a small unidentified boat about 440 Kilometers east of the Yemeni city of Aden approarched the NYK VLCC Takayama and fired some form of munition. According to a report from Takayama, the unidentified boat sped away at 11:03 and has not been seen since. Takayama was on a ballast voyage to Yamboo in Saudi Arabia from Ulsan, Korea from which the tanker departed at 2:40 a.m. on April 4.
    No injuries were reported. Navigation remains unaffected, and possible damage to the tanker is still being investigated.

    Source: NYK Line

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    Προεπιλογή Bad News

    Piracy Increase in the Gulf of Aden January - April 2008

    Please open the attached file.

    Πηγή:Aegis Security
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    Προεπιλογή Piracy: Worldwide *Updates*

    ► 11th June 2008: Philippines - SSA issue Piracy Alert for Celebes Sea
    On the 10th of June 2008 the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) issued a Piracy Alert for the Celebes Sea following an incident report received from the Information Sharing Centre of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia, (ReCAAP ISC).

    The attack took place approximately 100 nautical miles south of Mindanao on the 9th of June at about 1454hrs local time and caused extensive damage to a general cargo vessel's communication antenna.

    This is the second attack to take place in this part of the Celebes Sea during daylight hours in the last four months. Masters are being advised by the ISC to maintain vigilance at all times and take all necessary precautionary measures when operating in the area.

    Click here for the Singapore Shipping Association Alert

    Click here for the ReCAAP ISC website



    ► 5th June 2008: Somalia
    Following discussions with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations Security Council has adopted resolution UNSCR 1816 (200 8 permitting cooperating States to use "all necessary means" to repress acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia.

    The resolution permits naval vessels of Member States who are cooperating with the transitional Somalia government to enter Somalia territorial waters in order to combat acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships.

    Authorized for a period of six months with the approval of the Somalia government, resolution 1816 encourages States interested in the use of commercial routes off the coast of Somalia to increase and coordinate their efforts to deter attacks in cooperation with the country's government.

    The text of resolution 1816 was adopted subject to the provision that it is only applicable to the territorial waters of Somalia and does not affect rights and obligations under the Law of the Sea Convention.

    Click here for more information on UNSCR 1816

    Click here for the text of UNSCR 1816


    Πηγή: North of England P&I Club E News July 2008

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    Προεπιλογή IMO informal consultative meeting on piracy off the coast of Somalia

    Source: BIMCO

    IMO informal consultative meeting on piracy off the coast of Somalia

    The recent upsurge in acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia and, in particular, the hijacking of ships for ransom, indicates that more needs to be done to manage the risk to merchant shipping passing through the Gulf of Aden. To this end IMO called the subject meeting at which BIMCO was invited to give an industry perspective on the situation.

    Following sustained pressure from the Secretary-General and the Member States of IMO, on 2 June 2008 the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolution 1816 on the situation in Somalia. As has been reported, despite the provisions of resolution 1816 many navies are unable, through national legal constraints, to take action to suppress piracy and armed robbery against ships within Somali territorial waters. There are also particular concerns with respect to the legal challenges to the arrest, prosecution, trial, punishment and subsequent repatriation of suspected pirates and armed robbers.

    Furthermore, concerns have been expressed by various parties, including operational officers from navies, that either the situation does not merit increased intervention by naval forces, or that so many naval assets would be required as to make the exercise impractical. The concerns, however, have often been based on an inaccurate understanding of the scale of the dangers involved, both economic and environmental. As previously reported, this situation is exacerbated by a general lack of understanding by many stakeholders on the position taken by the industry on the armed self protection of merchant vessels.

    Given the strategic significance of the Gulf of Aden as a conduit for some 35% of the world’s energy shipping, and given that four tankers have been subject to rocket attacks (and another two have been chased) since the beginning of April 2008 (to say nothing of smaller vessels), the protection of global maritime trade passing through the area cannot be ignored. Indeed, this was the focus of the BIMCO presentation.

    IMO therefore held the meeting for interested governments in order to encourage them to adopt a strategy of deterrence and containment until such time as a sustainable political solution ashore in Somalia can be found. The strategic focus was on the maintenance of security of commercial shipping transiting the area, not on the protection of commercial fishing vessels or other craft operating within the Somali EEZ.

    The major purpose of the meeting was to develop and propose an interim strategy for safeguarding shipping and to explore ways for implementing resolution UNSC/Res/1816(2008) until such time as a more permanent political settlement can be achieved in Somalia. The meeting agreed a form of words in discussion and agreed strategies that will now be promulgated to governments and industry for wider consideration and action at a formal meeting of IMO to be called in early September 2008.

    The following bullet points summarise the discussions and will be presented to the formal meeting in September:
    1. Merchant ships transiting the Gulf of Aden to, or from, the Bab el Mandeb should be advised to follow a route approximately [35-40] miles from the southern coast of Yemen;
    2. Details of such routes should be promulgated by IMO and should consist of a series of waypoints for both East bound and West bound traffic routes at first contact with the designated co-ordination centre;

    3. Such routes should be far enough from the Yemeni coast as to de-conflict with Yemeni fishing grounds, but as far as practicable from the Somali Coast;
    4. Ships transiting the area should be advised to notify [NATO Shipping Centre,] [UKMTO Dubai,] [MARLO Bahrain] and the [Yemeni Government] of their intentions and to maintain contact throughout their transit;
    5. Ships transiting the area should be advised to comply fully with the guidance given by IMO in MSC/Circ.623/Rev.3 [and any other guidance issued by their flag state; coastal states pursuant to SOLAS regulation XI-2/7 on threats to ships, insurance company, etc. ;
    6. An “information operations” campaign should be conducted along the Northern and Northeastern coastline of Somalia, sensitizing potential pirates and armed robbers to the need to stay away from the shipping routes;
    7. Member states of IMO operating warships and other government vessels and aircraft clearly identified as such, should be encouraged to request such vessels and aircraft to maintain a visible presence in the vicinity of the recommended routes and to coordinate their activities with such vessels and aircraft operated by other governments in the area, through the [NATO Shipping Centre,] [UKMTO Dubai,] [MARLO Bahrain] and the [Yemeni Government], until such time as the regional agreement on countering piracy comes into operation;
    8. Any actions taken by warships and other government vessels and aircraft to suppress piracy should be robust and focused on deterring or preventing further attacks;
    9. Warships and other government vessels should as far as is practicable, assist the other state in the area in their activities to suppress piracy and armed robbery against ships, for example through the carriage of law enforcement detachments from the Yemen Coast Guard on board;
    10. The escorting of humanitarian shipping into Somalia should remain subject to existing procedures with bilateral agreements between the flag states of the escorting ships and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia; and the flag states of the escorting and escorted ships, in accordance with IMO Assembly Resolution A.1002(25); and
    11. Governments should be encouraged to use the anti-money laundering and similar provisions of legislation to counter terrorism or transnational organised crime in order to trace ransom payments and to take appropriate action to prosecute the offenders.

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    In Implementation of the above mentioned UN Security Council Resolution UNSCR 1816 (which gives permission to states cooperating with Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to enter the country's territorial waters and use "all necessary means" to repress acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea) action taken over:

    "International efforts continue to address Somali piracy problem, per 16 June reporting. The French Navy and its Chinese counterpart are discussing ways to strengthen intelligence exchange to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, a senior French naval officer said. Vice Admiral Gerard Valin, commander of French joint forces in the Indian Ocean, says both navies can work together especially in the waters off Somalia, where many Chinese fishing boats ply. Mr Valin, who is in Hong Kong, says he will meet with security chiefs from the island and mainland China to further cooperate between the two sides. The need to strengthen international exchange of information at sea was a prominent theme in this year’s Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual even held last month in Singapore, where defense ministers convened to discuss security issues for the Asia-Pacific region. In 11 June reporting, Spain’s minister of the environment and rural and marine affairs, Elena Espinosa, announced in the Congress (of Deputies - lower house of parliament) the units Spain will send to protect fishing boats working in the Indian Ocean and prevent incidents occurring like the one suffered by the fishing vessel (PLAYA DE BAKIO). Before 25 June, the government will announce the composition of the international protection force for tuna fishing boats working in the Indian Ocean. This was confirmed by the minister of the environment and rural and marine affairs in the Congress. For all that, Elena Espinosa did not confirm when it will start working. There is a hurry, she admitted, because in July the Spanish vessels will be back in the region. “The idea - and this is the offer that's been made - is that Spain should be able to head the launch of this operation, that a command ship would be required with another three or four ships, one support ship and at least two maritime patrol planes and boarding units,” a senior military official told local media (AFP, LM: Mareeg Online)."
    AFP, Agence France Presse
    Source:http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/St...0723100000.txt
    Τελευταία επεξεργασία από το χρήστη Παναγιώτης : 27-07-2008 στις 23:19

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    Piracy incidents rreported in south China Sea according to IMB (http://www.icc-ccs.org/main/all_piracy_al.php)

    9 June 2008
    SOUTH CHINA SEA

    A total of five attacks has been reported for the Area around Anambas Island, South China Sea since 24.03.2008 in the following positions : 02:52.5N-105:11.0E, 03:13.0N-105:26.0E, 03:16.18N-105:26.68E, 03:24.6N-105:31.5E, 02:36.8N-105:9.9E. Pirates in speedboats armed with Guns and long knives are attacking vessels and targeting vessel’s cash and properties. All vessels are advised to maintain a vigilant, 24 hrs, anti -piracy watch both visually and on radar while transiting these waters. Report all sightings of suspicious boats.

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