Enhanced cooperation and implementation of best practices needed to avoid, deter and report attacks threatening ships and crew. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has expressed his
Shipping
Hundreds of thousands of seafarers from across the globe have been left stranded working aboard ships beyond the expiry of their initial contracts and are
Interviews gathered by academics at the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) reveal that seafarers are often faced with corruption in ports. In practice, they have
Reports about maritime security incidents around the world usually highlight the threat of piracy in West Africa, specifically in the Gulf of Guinea. Annual reports
Piracy increased on the world’s seas in 2018, with a marked rise in attacks against ships and crews around West Africa, the International Chamber of
Shipping has historically been a male-dominated industry and that tradition runs long and deep. It is something that should be addressed not only on International
Maritime operations in West Africa, especially in the inner Gulf of Guinea, are often complicated by a lack of security. Additional protection measures, both privately
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged the shipping industry to apply diligently IMO guidance and best management practices to avert possible piracy attacks, in the
The International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA) is pleased to invite interested participants to submit a 400-600 word abstract of a proposed paper for the 11th IHMA
Many of the areas reviewed in this concluding issue of Risk Intelligence's Strategic Insights series will be familiar to maritime operators and long-time readers of Strategic Insights: Somalia