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EDITORIAL

he Yemeni Houthis are at it
again as the maritime peace
Tand services around the Red
Sea and its environs in the Western
MANAGING EDITOR Seaboard of the Indian Ocean are
George Sunguh disrupted and almost brought to a
standstill.
The latest press reports from the Red
Sea state that a bulk carrier sank days
CONTRIBUTORS
after an attack by Yemeni’s Houthi
Onyango Omollo rebels. The rebels are reported to
Esther Nyanja have killed one mariner on board. This
Omar Makanja is the second ship sunk in the rebels'
campaign.
Elizabeth Eise-Banza
The sinking of the Tutor in the Red
Georgette Awuor
Sea marks what appears to be a new
Ian Urban escalation by the Iranian-backed
Houthis in their campaign targeting
shipping through the vital maritime shipping - have called for an
corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in immediate end to ongoing attacks on
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the Gaza Strip. ships and seafarers transiting through
Titus Musau the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
The African Shipping Review
magazine's editorial team is grossly In a resolution adopted in London,
concerned with the disruption of IMO's Maritime Safety Committee
MARKETING/SALES maritime activities in this part of the condemned the attacks as “illegal and
world. unjustifiable”, posing a direct threat to
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The conflict in Yemen has introduced the freedom of navigation in one of
the world's most critical waterways,
additional maritime security threats,
while causing major disruptions to
other than piracy, to the Southern
DESIGN/LAYOUT Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb; these regional and global trade.
Ouma Gabriel include collateral damage due to It is the first resolution to be adopted
conflict between groups in the region by the IMO Member States on this
and potential deliberate targeting of issue since the Houthis seized the MV
ships. Galaxy Leader in November 2023.
All material is strictly copyright and all The use of lethal Water-Borne Since then, around 50 dangerous and
rights are reserved. Reproduction without
permission is forbidden. Every care is Improvised Explosive Devices destabilizing maritime attacks have
taken in compiling the contents of this (WBIED) has been reported here. An been carried out, costing the lives of
magazine but we assume no responsibility attack involving a WBIED is likely to several seafarers while the 25 crew
in the effect arising therefrom. The views
involve one or more skiffs members of the Galaxy Leader
expressed in this publication are not the
necessarily those of the publisher approaching the merchant ship at high remain hostage. The Committee called
speed firing both small arms and for their immediate and unconditional
Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs). release.
Maritime security is usually viewed
Published By: from the lens of what disturbs it,
ltd. based on an insecurity perspective.
Most of the time this has to do with
Tel: +254 722 703 971 piracy and armed robbery at sea,
illegal, unregulated, and unreported
(IUU) fishing, illicit trafficking, and
terrorism.
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