IMO has signed a €2 million agreement with Germany to boost implementation of the Yaoundé Code of Conduct (YCC), under which countries in West and Central Africa have committed to tackle piracy, armed robbery against ships, and illicit maritime activity in the region.
When preparing the pre-stow plan, the first thing to do is to check what load line zone/area the ship is in throughout the voyage, and then to calculate the deadweight according to the restricted draught and water density of the (un)load port or channel, argues Captain Zhao Qingwei.
President Julius Maada Bio said on Sunday that numerous attackers who broke into jails and targeted a vital military station in the capital Freetown had been apprehended by Sierra Leonean security forces.
On 26th November, a tanker with phosphoric acid was taken over by armed persons who remain unidentified in the Gulf of Aden.
As informed, since a bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist organisation Hamas began on October 7, there have been several strikes in Middle Eastern waterways, the most recent of which included the chemical tanker Central Park.