Shipping, since January 2023 Indian Ocean will not be High Risk Area anymore

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided that the Indian Ocean will not be an High Risk Area since January first 2023.

After years and year of piracy operations, it’s a long time that Indian Ocean is improving in terms of securety. In the Somalia Gulf (Gulf of Aden) is now more than 4 years that pirates do not strike succesfully containerships, so the International Maritime Organization decided to remove the Indian Ocean from the High Risk Area. The counter attacks by international institutions and regional stakeholder (shipping industry and expecially military, political and civil society) have been profitably. IMO said it’s for 15 years they are working hard on this issue: “Thanks and gratitude is given to all the seafarers and offshore workers who have served during this time in safely maintaining global trade and operations”.