ISPS Code

  • The cyber threat

    Incidents in 2017 have served as a wake up call. Cyber threat is now on everybody’s radar by Edwin Lampert Just three short years ago the cyber security threat in the […]

  • UN smuggler sanctions paused

    UN move to sanction smugglers on hold. Russia put UN sanctions on Libya human-trafficking leaders on hold Russia has delayed a western proposal for a UN Security Council committee to […]

  • Nigeria: no armed guards

    The final word on armed guards? Government outlaws private security guards onboard vessels By Sulaimon Salau and Mayowa Fakile Notwithstanding the spate of pirate attacks on its territorial waters, the Federal […]

  • 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 […]

  • Drone threat concern

    Martek concern over emerging threat. ISPS Code fails to contemplate aerial threats from drones says Martek According to Martek Marine, terrorist use of drones deploying explosives is already well documented […]

  • 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 […]

  • Cooperating to cut crime

    Information sharing, cooperation key. Maritime threats require unified navies Written by Africa Defense Forum Pirates are attacking ships in Somalia and the Gulf of Guinea, and coastal nations will have to […]

  • 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 […]