The Indian Coast Guard’s new fast patrol vessel ICGS Ajit arrived at Okha, at the mouth of the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, on 3 November. Built by Goa Shipyard with over 65% indigenous content, it will support search and rescue, coastal security and protection of fishermen.
The European Union is putting €50 million into a joint Romanian-Bulgarian maritime security hub for the western Black Sea, plus €10 million for search and rescue. The hub, due by year-end, will share information and protect shipping and infrastructure as attacks on merchant ships continue.
The Indian Coast Guard and the Sri Lanka Coast Guard held their 9th High-Level Meeting on 3 November at Mirissa, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast. Both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation on search and rescue, marine pollution response, maritime security and law enforcement across the Indian Ocean.
The Sri Lanka Navy has evacuated a seafarer with a serious head injury from the Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship Spirit of Tokyo off Galle, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast. A fast attack craft brought the injured crew member ashore, and he was taken to hospital in Galle.
The Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship AS Dream sank on the evening of 30 October about 90 nautical miles west of Paphos, Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean. All ten crew were picked up by the passing container ship MSC Hannah III and landed safely at Limassol.
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