Focused on providing real Maritime updates in the African Indian Ocean
About Us
The CRFIM is a maritime information fusion center for the East, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region hosted within the Malagasy National Maritime Information Fusion Center (CFIM) following the headquarters agreement signed between the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and the Malagasy Government on February 18, 2016.
The CRFIM is a Public Administrative Establishment (EPA) whose headquarters are located in Antananarivo, Madagascar. It was created following the initiative to establish a regional mechanism for the coordination and exchange of maritime information decided in the Djibouti Declaration in its outcome 5.
The CRFIM process consists of working in collaboration with the 11 countries of the AfOA-OI region represented by the Regional Liaison Officers sent by their countries.
Director's Message
Dear Partners,
As a vital transit area for major maritime routes connecting Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East, the Indian Ocean occupies a central place in global economic and strategic balances. This importance is also reflected in the diversity and complexity of the threats to its maritime security.
Indeed, the year 2024 was marked by an intensification of challenges: proliferation of illicit trafficking (drugs, weapons, human beings), illegal fishing, smuggling, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and piracy, still present in the background, reminds us of the need for sustained vigilance.
The deterioration of the situation in the Red Sea and the Bab El Mandeb Strait marked the year 2024. The reorientation of maritime traffic towards the Cape of Good Hope disrupted the usual routes, further exposing coastal states to new risks: loss of containers at sea, increased collisions and pollution threats, particularly off the coasts of Mozambique and South Africa.
Our Mission
Collect, merge, analyse and share maritime information relating to:
Our Member States ILO
International Liaison Officers (ILOs) represent their countries at the CRFIM, facilitating the exchange and fusion of maritime information across the AfOA-OI region.
Lieutenant (EV1) Said LAVANI
International Liaison Officer (Comoros)
Comoros
Nicolas FLURY
Deputy Director, Director of Operations, and International Liaison Officer (France) of the RMIFC
France
Christopher JILO
International Liaison Officer (Kenya)
Kenya
Chief Inspector Dookbhonjun Raja
International Liaison Officer (Mauritius)
Mauritius
Corvette Captain Aro Tiana RAMANANTSOA
International Liaison Officer (Madagascar)
Madagascar
Captain Leroy PAUL
International Liaison Officer (Seychelles)
Seychelles
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