Yearly Archives: 2019

West Africa seas world’s most dangerous for piracy – IMB 

Even before the two kidnapping incidents happened in Benin and Togo where at least 11 Filipino seafarers were taken as hostages by pirates, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) had already declared that the seas around West Africa remain the world’s...

IMO Launches Women in Maritime Video

The IMO has produced a new film to showcase its Women in Maritime program. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTn0rzYF5cE&feature=youtu.be[/embed] The program, initiated in 1988, supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The program supports the participation...