The upsurge of Somali piracy after 2005 led to significant international activity in the Horn of Africa. Naval missions, training programmes, capital investment and capacity building projects were among the responses to the threat. States […]
A tanker was attacked on 15 December as it sailed from Luanda, Angola to Lomé, Togo. The Marshall Islands flagged vessel Duke was boarded by six pirates about 115 nautical miles south-east off the coast […]
As the piracy threat rises in West Africa, SAS investigates the implications for crew safety and the unique issues that make piracy in the Gulf of Guinea more complex to tackle than in East Africa […]
On Tuesday 16 July, 10 crewmembers were taken hostage for ransom from aboard a Turkish cargo ship Paksoy-1 with eight left on board. According to a statement by the vessel operator, Kadıoğlu Maritime, Paksoy-1 was […]
A report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) found that 75 seafarers were either taken hostage on board or kidnapped for ransom so far in 2019, 62 of them in West Africa; while 8 of […]
Nine private maritime security contractors (PMSCs) have been detained by Nigerian authorities on the grounds of suspected illegal possession of firearms. The incident highlights the complexities of protecting crew and vessels in what has become […]
The Royal Boskalis Westminster Boskalis heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin was hijacked on Sunday 5 May around 80 nautical miles offshore Equatorial Guinea. After a coordinated response from both the Spanish and Equatorial Guinea navies, […]
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