Training on the YARIS platform to facilitate maritime surveillance off Cameroon and neighbouring countries
[Douala, 23 April 2021] The Head of Maritime Multinational Coordination Centre (MMCC) zone D will chair the closing ceremony of the YARIS (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) advanced training programme, held at the seat of MMCC D, in Douala, 23 April...
Cameroon coastal surveillance centres ready to use YARIS information sharing platform
[Douala 9 April 2021] The Head of the Transmission-Electronics-Computing Office of the Cameroonian Navy Staff chaired the closing ceremony of the YARIS platform (Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System) advanced training programme, held at the seat of COSCO...
Gabon maritime centres ready to use YARIS for maritime security operations
[Libreville, 9 April 2021] The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Gabonese Navy, LCdr Charles Bekale, in the presence of the representative from the European Union Delegation to Gabon, will chair the closing ceremony of the YARIS platform (Yaoundé Architecture Regional...
Capacity Building Workshop on YARIS opens at ECOWAS MMCC zone F, Accra
[Accra, 18 February 2021] The Director General, Ghana Maritime Authority, Mr Thomas Kofi Alonsi, in the presence of a number of dignitaries from the national and international maritime community and industry will open a two-week EU funded capacity building workshop on...
Maritime centres in Ghana and Gambia trained on the YARIS information sharing platform
Maritime operations centres are designed to monitor their area of responsability and conduct operations at sea required by any given situation. In order to carry out this mission they must coordinate with other operations centres in their area, or in adjacent areas....
Why the EU needs to be a global maritime security provider?
[Source: EEAS] 27/01/2021 – On 25 January we launched the first pilot of the new Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) concept in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa. In addition to our existing naval operations in the Mediterranean and in the Western...
The YARIS platform is deployed in the Gulf of Guinea
The implementation of YARIS, maritime information sharing platform for the Gulf of Guinea, is starting its dissemination phase among users of the Yaoundé architecture. A training programme has been defined in agreement with the maritime centers as well as certain high...
MICA Center annual report on worldwide maritime piracy and robbery
For the second consecutive year, the Maritime Information Cooperation & Awareness Center (MICA Center) publishes an annual review of maritime piracy and robbery events. This report identifies and characterises the events recorded in 2020 that affect maritime...
Friends of the Gulf of Guinea examine how to improve maritime security
The G7 Group of Friends of the Gulf of Guinea (G7++ FoGG) plenary session took place virtually from December 1 to 3, 2020, under the co-presidency of Gabon and the USA (online video). It brought together more than 80 participants from the Gulf of Guinea including...
Africa’s prosperity is tied to its oceans and seas
[Source: ISS Africa] A major strength of Africa’s 2016 Lomé Charter on maritime security and development is its recognition that no country can singlehandedly prevent maritime threats or sustainably develop its maritime domain. The charter calls on neighbouring states...
Thomas Tarrade, a warm and enthusiastic colleague
Thomas Tarrade, who worked on the GoGIN project, passed away on May 25th 2020, at his home in l’Ariège, after 18 months of courageously battling cancer surrounded by his three children and wife, Sameera. We deeply regret our heartly and enthusiastic college who knew,...
YARIS: the information sharing platform of the Yaoundé Architecture
Download the YARIS factsheet The YARIS platform will become the information sharing tool amongst the 27 maritime centres of the Yaoundé Architecture, their partners and all stakeholders involved within 6 000 km off the coast. Conceived primarily as a maritime...
A pool of trainers introduced to TESS, the online learning management system of the Yaoundé Architecture
From May 11th to 14th, about twenty participants (GoGIN team, ICC, CRESMAO, CRESMAC and ARSTM representatives) have been introduced and trained on the initial version of the online learning management system TESS. The session was conducted by Edouardo Perdido from the...
Webinar : Gulf of Guinea maritime security
Pool of trainers initiated to YARIS, the maritime information sharing platform of Yaoundé architecture
From May 4th to 7th, approximately twenty participants (GoGIN team and ICC, CRESMAO, CRESMAC and ARSTM representatives) have been introduced and trained on the first version of the YARIS platform. The session was conducted by Fernando Alves from the...
Anti-piracy: NIMASA triumphs against 10 pirates
[Source: Leadership, 22 May 2020] Last week Thursday, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy, foiled a pirate attack on a Chinese fishing trawler and arrested 10 pirates. Yusuf Babalola reports. One of...
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
[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...
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...
Sea Piracy in 2025: Piracy 2.0?
[Source: Maritime Executive] by François Morizur. Pirates have demonstrated their ability to revise their modes of operation in response to maritime industry behavior and the responses of coastal states. When looking the Gulf of Guinea, confirmed as the main world...
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
[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...