Monrovia Liberia October 28, 2022: The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) wishes to notify the public of two incidents it is currently handling involving vessels that encountered propulsion and safety difficulties in the jurisdictional waters of Liberia.

Venice, Italy -  Liberia, through the Armed Forces of Liberia, has become the newest member of the multinational Trans-Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN).

(Monrovia –  September 29 each year is celebrated globally as World Maritime Day. The day is set aside to focus attention on the importance of maritime safety, security and the sustainable management of the world’s aquatic environment. These celebrations are geared towards underscoring the important role maritime shipping plays in the world’s economic systems and development.

Monrovia, Liberia - The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), has received with grave concern reports of the arrest on allegations of sexual assault and rape by two staffers of LiMA in the Port City of Busan, South Korea. The two Officials, Mr. Moses Owen Browne (Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the IMO) and Mr. Daniel Tarr (Director of the Department of Marine Environmental Protection), were in South Korea attending the International Maritime Organization (IMO) GHG SMART Practical Training and Study Visit (September 19-23, 2022) when this alleged incident occurred.

Monrovia, Liberia -  The Liberia Maritime Authority is exerting all efforts in making sure that the captain and crew members of the Panama -flagged vessel, MV Ophelia, that allegedly cast overboard more than a dozen people are apprehended and prosecuted in accordance with Liberian and international laws.

Monrovia, Liberia - Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) in collaboration with the Liberian National Police CID, retrieved and returned to its legitimate owner, M/V Hammonia Palatium, a Rescuer Boat Motor that went missing in December 2021. M/V Hammonia Palatium is a Liberian flagged container ship with IMO Registered Identification Number: 9336165.

 Monrovia, Liberia - The Day of the Seafarer, a special day earmarked by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as a day to celebrate and honor all seafarers and let the world know how indispensable they are to world trade and international growth and development.

Accra, Ghana - iberia’s Maritime Commissioner Eugene Lenn Nagbehas called on West African nations to continuously lend support to the Regional Maritime University in order to produce well-trained personnel for the industry. The Commissioner challenged the senior management team at the school to be more "aggressive and innovative" in confronting the travails of the institution.

(COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Maritime Commissioner Lenn Eugene Nagbe has said that Liberia will not remain on the periphery of international maritime organizations "where matters of the industry are being decided". Given Liberia's crucial role as leading maritime nation, he said, there is a need for the country to have a seat at the table of the global players.

The Liberia Maritime Authority activated its rescue mechanism having received distress alert from a locally registered vessel that had gone aground off the shores of Sophie Community in Congo Town.