The China Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) has issued a notice announcing a special safety inspection period to prevent the failure of ships’ mechanical and electrical equipment from 7 April 2024 until 31 October 2024.
MEPC 81 agreed that the discussions to set up technical and economic mid-term measures to implement the Strategy will be developed through different channels. A dedicated GESAMP working group was established to provide best possible scientific and technical assessment of issues related to the implementation of LCA Guidelines. A GHG Expert-Workshop will lead the following works on the basket of mid-term measures (modeling the collecting and the distribution of revenues) in line with the CIA task force “without engaging policy discussions”. An outline of the “IMO net-zero framework” was drafted to integrate possible amendments to MARPOL Annex VI (new Chapter 5).
Three incidents of armed robbery against ships (one CAT 2, one CAT 4 and one attempted) in Asia, between 2nd – 8th April 2024.
Two of the incidents occurred onboard tug boats on tow while underway in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), while one incident occurred to a general cargo ship anchored at Chattogram Anchorage, Bangladesh.
As the maritime world becomes more complex, so do the security threats.
Below you will find ARC’s weekly report dated 3 April 2024, covering the period of 28 March to 3 April 2024, where the following incidents were reported:
0 maritime security incidents in West Africa in the last 7 days
2 maritime security incidents in the Indian Ocean/Middle East in the last 7 days.