The Kenya Navy on Saturday, April 19, announced the successful completion of the Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) 2025 exercise held in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
The event, which aimed to strengthen regional maritime security and promote cooperation among nations, featured a range of complex drills and operations involving various participating navies.
Significant activities included Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) operations, which were meant to enhance the teams' capabilities in counter-piracy and maritime interdiction.
VBSS operations are maritime military tactics used primarily by naval and coast guard forces to interdict, inspect, and secure vessels at sea. The process starts with approaching and communicating with a vessel (Visit), followed by physically boarding it (Board).
