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An AIS handbook

An AIS handbook

AIS vessel tracking and monitoring service, BigOceanData Online, has compiled a comprehensive handbook on AIS which covers a wide range of topics from specific AIS units to getting the most out of the data gathered. The guide also includes some of the most commonly...
EU invests in Mombasa port projects

EU invests in Mombasa port projects

The European Union is considering investing at least $200 million (Sh20 billion) on Mombasa Port projects including modernisation of berths. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has already received a request for funding from the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), which is...
Blue Economy Committee implemented in Kenya

Blue Economy Committee implemented in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 14 – President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed the Chief of Defense Forces Samson Mwathethe to chair the Blue Economy implementation Committee. In a notice appearing in the latest Kenya Gazette, Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service Joseph...
Maritime crime increasing (BIMCO seminar)

Maritime crime increasing (BIMCO seminar)

Industry security experts have concluded that maritime crime will not be stopped any time soon – and that cyber incidents would continue to expand in frequency and severity. This was the consensus at BIMCO’s first ever Maritime Security Seminar in Copenhagen...
Boosting India-EU maritime cooperation

Boosting India-EU maritime cooperation

As part of the ‘EU-India Think Tank Twinning Initiative 2016’, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, Mumbai, partnered with Istituto Affari Internazionali (Roma, Italy) on a series of papers, titled “Moving forward the EU-India Security Dialogue:...