The African Union has adopted a charter to raise security off the continent’s economically key coasts. Piracy and illegal fishing have cost the maritime industry billions of dollars in recent decades, the AU said.
A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic’s military presence in the Persian Gulf ensures the safety of oil tankers in this strategic region.
Pirate gangs in Somalia are believed to be holding five Kenyans for ransom, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report issued on Monday.
Commercial vessels in the region of the Red Sea, Bab el Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden should operate under a heightened state of alert as increasing tensions in the region escalate the potential for direct or collateral damage to vessels transiting the region, the Republic of the Marshall Islands warns in a recently – published ship security...
Recent Comments