As African swine fever spreads across Asia, the Taiwan Coast Guard has been mobilised to ensure that the island, which has yet to see an outbreak, will not be hit. With less than two weeks […]
Four Chinese fishermen have been rescued, three weeks after being abducted by West African pirates, following a co-ordinated effort by the Chinese government and the Nigerian police. The abduction happened off Gabon, in the Gulf […]
On 2 January, security consultancy Dryad Global received reports of a firefight that broke out aboard Ambika, 5.5 km from the entry of the Ramos River, Nigeria. The 3,500-dwt dredger, built in 1979, was raided […]
Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has clarified that 16 seafarers detained by Iranian authorities for alleged fuel smuggling are not Malaysians, contrary to earlier media reports. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards had, on 30 December 2019, detained […]
The Philippine military has rescued two out of three Indonesian crewmen who were abducted from their fishing vessel on 23 September by militant group Abu Sayyaf. The men had taken the chance to escape from […]
Four Chinese crewmen from two fishing vessels were abducted and the captain and chief officer of one of the vessels were killed in a series of pirate attacks in Gabon waters. A spokesperson for the […]
Pirates attacked a total of five ships in the Singapore Strait on 20 and 23 December 2019. The first attack, on the bulk carrier Jian Fa, took place around 0532 local time. An unknown number […]
Senior international maritime stakeholders have been meeting in Vietnam to work on building counter-piracy capacity in the Asia-Pacific region. The meeting programme is being co-hosted by the Vietnam Coast Guard and the Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia Information Sharing […]
Seven crew members were kidnapped from an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, Pacific Warden, off the coast of Equatorial Guinea last week. In a statement earlier this week, operator Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) confirmed […]
The Container Ship Safety Forum (CSSF) has published a new, free guide that sets out practices and procedures associated with safe container ship operations. The 54-page guide covers safety-relevant aspects such as navigation and bridge management, mooring, anchoring and towing […]
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