Cooperation
CRIMARIO, in collaboration with the Maritime Information Fusion Center (MIFC) Madagascar, is organizing a Workshop on Maritime Crisis Management (GCM) from May 27 to 31. The workshop aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of the staff responsible for crisis...
Seizure of Weapon Shipment and Arrest of Weapon Smugglers with the help of IORIS
The Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) has recently achieved a significant milestone by successfully intercepting a shipment of weapons and apprehending four weapon smugglers. This operation was made possible through credible intelligence received at the PMPF...
Philippine agencies exercise together to consolidate coordination in ensuring safer and more secure seas
On the 25 and 26 of April, the Philippine National Maritime Centre (NM Center), with the support of CRIMARIO coordinated the second iteration of the large-scale interagency Tabletop and Field Training Exercise ALALAYAN 2024. Organized and took place in Palawan, the...
Maritime Security: EU to become an observer of the Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment
The EU will soon become a ‘Friend’ (i.e., observer) of the Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment, a regional cooperation framework to tackle piracy, armed robbery, human trafficking and other illegal maritime activities in the North-Western Indian Ocean, including...
BALINN24: working together to enhance regional coordination and information sharing for safer and more secure seas
Between the 22 and the 25 of April, 22 agencies from 9 countries (Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius Mozambique, Reunion, Seychelles, Tanzania), including two Regional Centres (Regional Centres: RCOC Regional Coordination Operation Centre, RMIFC (Regional...
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and France together for a Tabletop / Command Post Exercise
CRIMARIO organised seventeen exercises in 2023, enhancing partners’ collective response capabilities and operational readiness in various maritime scenarios. Building on this success and understanding, CRIMARIO organised a virtual maritime domain awareness exercise in...
2nd IORIS Steering Committee meeting, Colombo, 5-7 March 2024
More than 100 senior officials and representatives from over 60 agencies and authorities across the Indo-Pacific region, together with other regional actors, convened in Colombo from 5-7 March 2024 to consolidate and enhance the governance of IORIS, the Indo-Pacific...
Security and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea: EU Council launches EUNAVFOR ASPIDES
The EU Council launched today EUNAVFOR ASPIDES. The objective of this defensive maritime security operation is to restore and safeguard freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf. Operation ASPIDES will ensure an EU naval presence in the area where numerous...
Navies, authorities and agencies and from Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka attend Regional IORIS Standard Operation Procedure workshop
Between the 5 and the 9 of February, 2024 CRIMARIO II instructors, including CRIMARIO’s Regional Representative Admiral (Ret’d) Piyal De Silva, former Commander of the Navy, organised a regional SOP workshop in Sri Lanka, which was attended by officers from the Sri...
Peer learning in Mozambique for safety and security at sea
Peer learning provides an opportunity for participants to share and discuss diverse perspectives, for a more well-rounded understanding of a topic. Moreover, the process facilitates collaboration and teamwork and helps build valuable skills, much needed when one...
Enhancing connectivity and interoperability around the Horn of Africa through IORIS
Pirate Action Groups (PAG) operating in and around the Horn of Africa and the Somali Basin are once again back in the spotlight following recent incidents such as the hijacking of the MV RUEN, the unlawful boarding of the MV Lila Norfolk, and the confirmed...
We always need to communicate, especially in time of crisis.
Maritime is constantly vulnerable to crisis, being it related to cybersecurity or piracy incidents, accidents (collisions or oil spills) or fatalities. No matter what the challenge is, handle the crisis with a trained and responsive team is essential to limit the...
CRIMARIO supports Seychelles to coordinate Disaster Risk Management
In November 2023 the CRIMARIO team had planned a crisis management workshop between the 11th and the 15th of December in the Seychelles. However, due to unexpected circumstances the focus needed to change and the team had to swiftly adapt and carry out a workshop and...