(marinelink)  Between the 13th and the 14th of September, the Dockwise
semi-submersible, heavy-marine transport vessel, Mighty Servant 1, was
safely escorted by EUNAVFOR warships through the Internationally
Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden.  Source

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• EU NAVFOR Stops Suspected Pirates Again

     (marinelink)  Late afternoon of Sunday 20th of September, a Bulk Carrier reported an approach of a skiff while in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor in the Gulf of Aden. On board of the Bulk Carrier a unit of the Yemeni Navy was embarked. On sighting of these military personnel the skiff abandoned the

• EU: Somali pirates hijack the North Korean freighter

    Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean cargo ship on Wednesday with an unknown number of crew on board, the European Union Naval Force said. The MV Rim was seized in the Gulf of Aden, outside the internationally recommended transit corridor patrolled by the anti-piracy naval coalition, said Cmdr

• Piracy – Sign up pleading to ship

    As many as 25% of vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden have still not registered with MSCHOA (The Maritime Security Centre – Horn of Africa).

• Russian warships in the Gulf of Aden piracy at sea brought Alert

    Russian warships patrolling the Gulf of Aden have been put on the alert, a Navy representative told Itar-Tass on Friday. “The warships were put on the alert due to the intensified activity of sea pirates off the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden,” he said.

• Funding for London Gateway Uganda central corridor / NYK French-Malaysian partnership and the Maldives Port Project

    In today’s media watch: London Gateway gets funding for dredging; Uganda developing central corridor route to sea; NYK Group state no need for extra terminal capacity until next decade; Port Klang and Marseilles Fos sign MoU to boost joint exploration; $4.8 million project to develop the Malé North Harbour. Read at

• Iran sends more warships on the Gulf of Aden

    More Iranian warships are to be sent to the Gulf of Aden, to protect the fifth-largest crude exporter’s oil tankers from pirate attacks. 
The naval units are to be sent to the waterway linking the Red and the Arabian Seas 8:00am local time (12:40 GMT), Monday, the semiofficial Iranian Students News

• NATO extends anti-piracy mission by end 2012

    NATO on Wednesday agreed to extend its anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2012, the alliance’s spokesman told journalists in Brussels. NATO maintains one of the main naval screens in the Gulf of Aden as part of international efforts to crack down on piracy in

• Shipping Group has high hopes in the Maputo Corridor Growth

    “Damco has great expectations for the Maputo corridor; we expect volumes through Mozambique to grow by 20% in 2010,” says Damco Mozambique country manager Christian Roeder.

• Russian Transport Minister: Oil transit via the port of Ventspils not play

     There is not much hope that oil transit flows to Ventspils could resume, as Russian Transport Minister and co-chairman of the Latvia-Russia intergovernmental commission, Igor Levitin said in an interview to the newspaper Neatkariga. “Russia has made the decision, and the work has already begun, to move the transit flows of

• Russian warships bound for the Gulf of Aden to protect vessels from pirates

    On February 24 2010 the fourth detachment of the Russian Pacific Fleet (RPF) will head for the Gulf of Aden to patrol the area ensuring safety of international marine traffic from pirates, PrimaMedia reports. According to Roman Martov, spokesman for the Russian PF, the forth warships detachment includes “Marshal Shaposhnikov”

• Davao Papua New Guinea commercial shipping route opens

     Davao City has opened recently its new shipping route with CB Ships Services now serving direct shipment from here to Lae, the major port city of Papua New Guinea, the Manilla Bulletin reported. The CB Ships Services will be regularly sending a container vessel from Davaoy, which is the transshipment point

• The defense of ships against piracy

    Strange though it might appear, piracy is a real problem in the 21st century, with regular attacks on shipping in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, and off West Africa. An earlier piracy “hotspot” has been the Malacca Strait and other parts of South East Asia and the China

• Irans Fourth Fleet to send to Gulf of Aden

    The Navy is going to dispatch the fourth warship to the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian ships against pirates, a top commander announced on Saturday. So far the Army and the IRGC have sent three warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian oil tankers and trade vessels.

• Iran wants low-interest loans for shipyards

    Iran Daily cited Mr Ataollah Sadr MD of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization as saying while speaking in a news conference on the status of marine industry in the 5th Development Plan that the organization has invested in 3 Iranian banks, namely Taavon, Mellat and Saderat to help shipbuilders borrow

• Turkish frigate takes five pirates from Somalia: Army

    A Turkish frigate intercepted a skiff off Somalia and captured five pirates Tuesday on suspicion that they were preparing for attacks, the Turkish military said. The Gaziantep, operating with NATO forces in the region, seized the skiff in the Gulf of Aden with the help of a helicopter and amphibian commandos, the