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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the execution of their respective mandates in the country’s common interest.
More specifically, Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, admitted that success in the fight against maritime crimes and drug smuggling will depend on good teamwork between the two agencies.
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Piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia in 2021, reporting a total of 82 incidents of armed robbery.
There was a total of 82 incidents of armed robbery against ships reported in Asia in 2021, comprising 77 actual incidents and 5 attempted incidents. This represents a decrease of 15% compared to 2020. There was no piracy incident in 2021.
The improvement can be attributed to the decrease of incidents across many countries and locations, namely, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, South China Sea and Sulu-Celebes Seas.
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The EU’s flagship naval operation risks losing permission to pursue pirates in Somalia’s waters due to local politics.
More specifically, in December Somalia agreed to extend a UN mandate for the EU operation, called Atalanta, for three months.
However, its future intentions were “rather ambivalent” and “to be doubted”, according to an EU foreign-service paper, first reported by the EU Observer.
Namely, the paper notes that Somalia wants Atalanta to focus more on illegal fishing and toxic-waste dumping.
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We herein wish to inform our Clients of groundless pollution claims that have recently been observed in Saudi Arabia being raised by the Port Authorities (PDC) causing unreasonable delays and costs.
Following a stability incident that one of our Clients faced in October at King Abdullah Port, and, despite the fact that the Shipowner took all the necessary steps to prevent a pollution claim to arise, PDC raised a pollution claim of SAR 4,000,000. Based on Article No 18 of the Saudi Regulation of Shipping Agents (2nd Edition) dated 03/11/1441H, a request for Bank guarantee was raised. In similar situations in other countries, a Letter of Undertaking is accepted by Shipowners’ P&I Underwriters in order for the vessel to sail. However, PDC requested a report to be issued by a PDC approved company. The Shipowner and Underwriters complied with the request. However, despite that the report made evident that no pollution was caused by the vessel, PDC insisted that a Bank Guarantee be issued. Unfortunately, the involvement of Saudi Arabia banks is a timely and costly procedure, adding an additional hinder to vessels’ release.