Kariola Mustapha Published 30 May 2021The International Maritime Organization has called on Nigeria and other member states as well as relevant organisations to strengthen security in the Gulf of Guinea.IMO said in a statement on its Twitter handle that the call was necessitated by the number and severity of attacks on the Gulf of Guinea region, which it said threatened the lives and well-being of seafarers and the safety of shipping.It said,.
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MSC completes regulatory scoping exercise
The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at its 103rd session in May 2021, has completed a regulatory scoping exercise to analyze relevant ship safety treaties, in order to assess how Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) could be regulated.
The completion of the scoping exercise represents an all important first step, paving the way to focused discussions to ensure that regulation will keep pace with technological developments.
The scoping exercise was initiated in 2017 to determine how safe, secure and environmentally sound MASS operations might be addressed in IMO instruments.
The exercise involved assessing a substantial number of IMO treaty instruments under the remit of the MSC and identifying provisions which applied to MASS and prevented MASS operations; or applied to MASS and do not prevent MASS operations and require no actions; or applied to MASS and do not prevent MASS oper
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) completed a regulatory scoping exercise to assess future regulation of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS).
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Pirate protection.
The Gulf of Guinea is repeatedly the worst body of water in the world for mariners with high rates of piracy which a top maritime organisation wants to see an end to.
The 73-year-old International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said increased collaboration and action is needed to tackle escalation in the number and severity of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea region which threaten “lives and well-being of seafarers as well as the safety of shipping”.
A statement from London headquartered IMO has it that a resolution on recommended action to address piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea was adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC). “The IMO calls on its 174 member states, national authorities, the UN and relevant organisations to consider strengthening law enforcement to arrest and prosecute pirates in relevant jurisdictions, in accordance with international law and national legal frameworks”.