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...

Introduction In September 2018 Yachting Monthly published an interview with Officers of the Combined Task Force 151 (CMF151) about the efforts that they are making to assist yachtsmen transiting the...

Survey respondents said there were many sources of advice and requested that it would be better if there was a single organization to coordinate this. The main point of contact...

A transit of the Red Sea has previously had to be made without access to accurate weather information, making the passage for the last 600 miles north to Suez hard...

The focus of counter-piracy operations in the region is on commercial shipping, with CTF 151 and the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) Somalia, working to prevent acts of piracy at...

INDIAN OCEAN – SOMALI PIRACY Following an industry revision in December 2015, the Indian Ocean piracy High-Risk Area (HRA) currently encompasses the following area: Red Sea: 15N | Gulf of...