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Operation Ocean Shield (OOS) is NATO’s counter piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.
NATO Shipping Centre has been helping to deter and disrupt pirate attacks, while protecting vessels and helping to increase the general level of security in the region since 2008.
Read more about OOS
Read our Guidance for OOS |
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Operation Active Endeavour (OAE) is NATO's maritime operation in the Mediterranean Sea and its mission is to show resolve against terrorism.
Ships in the Mediterranean are invited to send information to us, through our Merchant Report form.
Read more about OAE
Read our Guidance for OAE
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The NSC, as NATO’s permanent merchant shipping information fusion centre, is tasked to provide guidance and act as an advisor to merchant shipping on potential risks.
In this capacity we support the Interim Guidelines for the Gulf of Guinea, developed by the shipping industry - We also cooperate with organisations dealing with maritime security in areas such as Southeast Asia.
Read more about NSC support of Interim Guidelines for the Gulf of Guinea
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Increased reporting of small boat approaches |
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Read our latest newsletter |
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Over the last several weeks the NATO Shipping Centre has received increased reporting of suspicious approaches on merchant vessels along the Western approaches to the Gulf of Aden. Military units dispatched to investigate have been unable to confirm any skiffs with pirate paraphernalia, however it is possible that skiffs with potential pirates are loitering in the area and conducting probes to test the responsiveness of merchant vessels.
It should be noted that due to seasonal meteorological conditions some of the reports appear to be interaction between legitimate fishing boats and merchants transiting in close proximity to the seasonal fishing areas.
For further information please see our weekly report
or read more about fishing in the HRA
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The newsletter for April and May has been issued.
This month it features news from around the world as our Branch Head chairs his last Nato Shipping Working Group in New York.
There is also a pirate update, information on our new web page and an introduction of a new tool - intelligent routing.
Read it here
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