Asia
Tuesdays Second Chance: Oil Spill Cases
Replay of the webinar held on 28 September in association with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) EU CRIMARIO and National Maritime Foundation speakers have presented oil spill case studies for drawing lessons learnt and discussing with participants from the...
CRIMARIO Launches in South Asia with National Maritime Foundation
CRIMARIO is launching itself remotely by region and was fortunate enough to be welcomed to South Asia through a webinar co-organised with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) through the lead and moderation of Vice Admiral (Retd) Pradeep Chauhan. The webinar, which...
Follow the new European initiative on maritime security in the wider Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia
The EU CRIMARIO II initiative, launched on June 2020, builds on the experience of CRIMARIO I by expanding the geographical scope of the project towards South and Southeast Asia with a view to contributing to safer sea lines of communication with the European Union,...
IFC Singapore and EU CRIMARIO discuss maritime information sharing in Indian Ocean and Asia
The Information Fusion Centre (IFC) based in Changi, Singapore and EU CRIMARIO II project organised a first, productive, video-conference on the 30th June 2020, with a view to presenting briefs on their respective mission and objectives, and information-sharing tools...
Maritime security: The EU CRIMARIO II initiative is starting
It is my pleasure to announce the launch of the European Union (EU) Critical Maritime Routes in the Indian Ocean II (CRIMARIO II)’ initiative, a project developed to support partner countries and organisations to secure sea lines of communication that are vital...
Seychelles, India sign new version of Assumption Island military deal
Seychelles and India signed a 20-year agreement on Saturday that will enable the construction of military infrastructures on Assumption Island. The agreement was signed for the second time after revisions were made to the previous one that the Secretary of State in...
East Africa’s ivory smuggled out of Mozambican ports
After tighter monitoring was applied recently at the Dar es Salaam harbour in Tanzania, East African ivory smugglers moved their export hub to northern Mozambique ports. Tanzania remains the logistical centre from where the smuggling networks access money and...
L’ivoire africain transite par les ports du Mozambique
La cargaison – importée par une société domiciliée au Mozambique -, venait de Côte d’Ivoire, mais ne faisait a priori qu’une étape au Cambodge, avant d’être convoyée vers une autre destination. Cela faisant un an que l’ivoire attendait...
Chinese trawlers snapped fishing in Djibouti’s protected waters
Six trawlers flying the Chinese flag were spotted off the coast of Djibouti in the past few weeks, flouting a ban and fishing in a protected coastal area near the town of Obock. Local fishermen, residents and activists immediately began protesting against the...
India, Mauritius to firm up coop in maritime security
NEW DELHI, May 27: India announced a USD 500 million line of credit to Mauritius as the two countries decided to firm up cooperation in the field of maritime security in the Indian Ocean region. The two sides signed a maritime security agreement after extensive talks...
Brussels and Delhi’s shared interests in the Indian Ocean
Congruent with the EU’s CRIMARIO project, an EU project on maritime security in the Indian Ocean, in recent years India has … to connect the Indian Ocean region and strengthen links between Mozambique, Mauritius and Malaysia.
Indo-French agreement on maritime information exchange
The second Dialogue between France and India on Maritime Cooperation in the Indian Ocean was held in Delhi on 19th January 2017 at the invitation of Deputy NSA Dr Arvind Gupta. France was represented by a high-level delegation comprising civil and military...