Security Conference Updates Merchant Shipping Interests on the Guardians of Middle Eastern Waters
International Maritime Security Construct Protects Against State Sponsored Terrorism
MIDDLE EAST – The success of the combined international naval forces in controlling the criminal elements which, not so long ago, were the scourge of the region s waters, has largely removed them from the headlines of the shipping press which they once dominated. Piracy has been greatly reduced, and while terrorist incidents remain, these too are at a lower level than hitherto.
Nevertheless the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) continues to work together with industry partners to safeguard freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce and to reassure merchant shipping by deterring and exposing state-sponsored malign activity that threatens security of the maritime commons in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden and the Southern Red Sea.