Pirate attack on "Hellas Aphrodite" - another serious incident off the coast of Somalia. The Greek product tanker Hellas Aphrodite (30,000 tonnes, flagged Malta) was boarded by armed pirates around 560 nautical miles south-east of Eyl on 6 November. The 24 crew members saved themselves in the ship's citadel before the...
By decision of 4 April 2024, the EU amended the mandate of EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA in order to create better conditions for EUNAVFOR Operation ASPIDES to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Accordingly, Operation ATALANTA is to ensure close coordination with Operation ASPIDES and to strengthen its role...
From a press release by the Berlin office of the International Maritime Bureau of the ICC. On 11 January 2024, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in London published its 2023 Annual Report on Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea, recording an increase in incidents (120) compared to the previous year (115)....
Shipping industry wants to remove the classification as a high-risk area There are increasing calls from shipping organisations to remove the high-risk area in the Indian Ocean. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of the United Nations was informed today - before the next meeting of its Maritime Safety Committee on 31 October - by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, the International...
It was 25 years ago these days that the German Navy evacuated the German Somalia Support Unit from Mogadishu. This army unit had previously supported the United Nations Operation UNOSOM II in Somalia. It was the first major foreign deployment for the army, which came to an abrupt end when the...
English 
German