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IMO Secretary-General urges vigilance after tanker hijack

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Ships transiting the high-risk area in Somalia are advised to follow IMO guidance and best management practices. PHOTO/IMO
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IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged the shipping industry to apply diligently IMO guidance and best management practices to avert possible piracy attacks, in the wake of the hijack of the Aris 13, off Puntland, Somalia.
“While we have seen a very welcome decline in piracy off Somalia since the last reported hijack by Somali pirates in 2012, the reality is that piracy off the coast of Somalia has not been eradicated and the underlying conditions have not changed.
Merchant shipping should continue to take protective measures against possible piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean through diligent application of IMO guidance and Best Management Practices,” he said.
Mr Lim also called upon the Federal Government of Somalia and its regional authorities in Puntland to take prompt action to ensure the safe and speedy release of the eight Sri Lankan seafarers.
Data on incidents reported to IMO shows that the hijack of the tanker Aris 13, on 13 March, is the first reported hijack of a vessel covered by IMO regulations by Somali pirates since the tanker Smyrni in May 2012.
Since 2012, although piracy has been largely contained, Somali pirates have continued to attempt to hijack ships, but less frequently. The most recent reported attempted attack in the region was on the UK flagged product tanker CPO Korea in October 2016. In that incident, the ship was reported safe after the attack failed.
Ships transiting the high-risk area are advised to follow IMO guidance and best management practices.
Ki-tack LIM
Specifically, they should register with the Maritime Security Centre – Horn of Africa  (MSCHOA), report to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) office in Dubai, which acts as the primary point of contact for merchant vessels and liaison with military forces in the region, implement IMO guidance and Best Management Practices (BMP), and follow the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC).
The Aris 13, a Comoros-flagged oil tanker belonging to a Greek company, disappeared off the coast of the east African nation on Monday, according to a spokesman for the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), based in Dubai.
The UKMTO spokesman confirmed that the ship’s last known position was off the coast, near a town called Alula (Caluula).
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has urged the shipping industry to apply diligently IMO guidance and best management practices to avert possible piracy attacks.
The Aris 13 is used to refuel ships in port. It was traveling from Djibouti, Somalia’s northern neighbor, to the Somali capital Mogadishu when it was hijacked.
Sri Lanka’s director general of merchant shipping, Ajith Seneviratne, said the vessel was registered in Colombo until January 21, 2016, before it switched to the East African island nation of the Comoros.
A warship has been sent to the Somali coast by the 31-nation Combined Maritime Forces‘ anti-piracy team top trace the hijacked vessel.

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