The global shipping industry agreed to declassify the Indian Ocean coastline off Somalia as a “high-risk area” following years of successful counter-piracy operations. The change was approved ...

Shipping organizations have agreed to reduce the boundaries of the piracy High Risk Area (HRA) in the Indian Ocean, as incidents in the region, particularly in Somalia, continue to decrease. The ...

The reduction to the High Risk Area takes full account of recent shipping industry experience, pirate intent and capability and follows extensive consultation with nations, collations and military ...

An area of the Indian Ocean near Somalia—once known as a piracy hotbed—has been removed from the shipping industry's list of high-risk areas following more than a decade of military, political ...

Indian Ocean delisted from high-risk security zones. This will save businesses billions of shillings and lower the prices of goods. by ESPERANCER WANJIKU. Realtime11 November 2022 - 16:03.

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) and international shipping associations have reduced the so-called High Risk Area for piracy attacks on ships and tankers in the Indian Ocean ...

The expansion of High Risk Area in December 2010 effectively brought the whole of the Indian Ocean, almost all of India’s western coast into a so-called exclusion zone, raising shipping costs.

"The discontinuation of the Indian Ocean High-Risk Area will save businesses billions of shillings in insurance fees, lowering the prices of goods in Kenya and the wider East Africa," the ...