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North Indian Ocean: Cyclonic Storm Asna Lashes India and Pakistan

Flooding and evacuations The resulting flooding from Asna led to 32 deaths and the evacuation of more than 32,000 people in India’as Gujarat’s Saurashtra-Kachchh region. The intense flooding has also...

Published 2 years ago
, Updated 1 month ago

Arabian Gulf: Cyclone brings Landslides and Flooding to Oman and Iran

The storm was the first tropical cyclone to affect Oman’s northern coast in modern recordkeeping, according to Yale Climate Connections. India’s Meteorological Department, the top forecaster for cyclones that sweep...

Published 4 years ago
, Updated 1 month ago

Indian Ocean: Durban Maritime Mobile Net Revived

The Durban maritime mobile S.S.B net (South Africa) has been revived by a group of highly experienced yachtsmen/ham radio operator’s who were part of the original Durban maritime net, dating...

Published 6 years ago
, Updated 1 month ago

Indian Ocean & Southern Red Sea: High Risk Area to be Reduced

The long-standing group of international shipping associations plus the OCIMF (representing the global shipping and oil industry) have determined that the geographic boundaries of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy...

Published 7 years ago
, Updated 1 month ago

Yemen, Socotra: Clearances simplified but fees increased

Socotra Island, courtesy of https://www.presstv.com Last year, yachtsmen who stopped at Socotra faced certain difficulties when some were not allowed to go ashore. This was due to the presence on...

Published 7 years ago
, Updated 1 month ago

Transiting the Red Sea - a Tough Decision

Sent by Dave Ungless, S/Y Sänna 2, UK Flag. Safe Haven in Yemen With the many piracy stories originating from the Gulf of Aden right now, I thought it best...

Published 17 years ago
, Updated 1 month ago

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