Seafarers Must Adapt to the Rapid Evolution of Piracy

Seafarers Must Adapt to the Rapid Evolution of Piracy

[Source : Maritime Executive] In two recent articles, Sea Piracy in 2025: Piracy 2.0? and Countering Gulf of Guinea Piracy Towards 2025 I tried to map out the possible evolution of piracy within Gulf of Guinea until 2025. Then I analyzed the different possible actions...
The maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and the SWAIMS project

The maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and the SWAIMS project

[Source : Le journal du douanier francophone] Ce numéro spécial de la revue “Le Journal du douanier francophone” donne la parole à Serge Rinkel, vice-président de l’AIDF (Association internationale des douaniers francophones), et chef du projet SWAIMS à la...
Seafarers Must Adapt to the Rapid Evolution of Piracy

Countering Gulf of Guinea Piracy Towards 2025

[Source: Maritime Executive] By François Morizur. In a recent article, I tried to foresee the form that piracy in the Gulf of Guinea could take over the next few years. Now, I propose what responses could counter these threats. Developing maritime activities along...
Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea

Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea

[Source: StableSeas report] Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea explores the connections between maritime governance themes and security challenges, drawing on interviews conducted with experts and practitioners in seven countries across the region. Maritime insecurity...
BMP West Africa : A navigation guide to improve browser safety

BMP West Africa : A navigation guide to improve browser safety

[Source: ICS] The maritime security situation off the West Coast of Africa is complex and dynamic. BMP – West Africa (WA) has been produced to help ships and seafarers avoid becoming the victims of maritime security incidents in these waters. This publication aims to...
Follow the live events at sea in the Gulf of Guinea

Follow the live events at sea in the Gulf of Guinea

Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade – Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG) is a cooperation centre between the Royal Navy (UKMTO) and the French Navy (MICA-Center) in support of the Yaounde Process. This centre has been in operation since the 20th June 2016. The primary output...
An e-learning platform to enhance skills in the Gulf of Guinea

An e-learning platform to enhance skills in the Gulf of Guinea

In an initial meeting on 16 January in Lisbon, the GoGIN team, Expertise France and the Edisoft-EDU Digital consortium defined the development agenda of the TESS e-learning platform (Training and Education Support System). The TESS platform will be deployed in the 27...
GoGIN amid the Friends of Gulf of Guinea G7++

GoGIN amid the Friends of Gulf of Guinea G7++

The annual plenary meeting of the G7++ Friends of the Gulf of Guinea was held in Accra, Ghana on November 5-6 2019. Co-chaired by the deputy-Ministers of Defence of Ghana and France, this meeting gathered more than 200 representatives of 21 countries and 9 regional...
How naval forces can contribute to maritime stability and security?

How naval forces can contribute to maritime stability and security?

Bertrand Demez, GoGIN project coordinator, attended the 12th Regional Seapower Symposium, organised by the Italian Navy within the Venice arsenal from October 15th to 18th 2019.  The theme was: Navies beyond traditional roles: crewing efforts to project stability and...