According to the latest quarterly report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), Southeast Asia has recorded 51 piracy attacks year to date, surpassing the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) with 44 incidents. The IMB report shows […]
A general cargo vessel was boarded by heavily armed suspected pirates who kidnapped five crew members 153 nm south west off the coast of Cotonou, Benin, on 2 July. According to IHS Markit AISLive ship […]
Arrested at sea by the Nigerian Navy, 10 suspected pirates are awaiting trial in Nigeria under the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences (SPOMO) Act. Security experts, however, remain dubious that this event will […]
A passenger ferry was detained on 15 June for alleged involvement in maritime crime and piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The Swedish flagged vessel, Hawa III, is thought it may have been involved in […]
Five pirates attempted to board container ship Rio Charleston on 10 June, 98 km off the coast of Bayelsa, Nigeria. The attack is the ninth piracy incident to take place deep offshore in the Gulf […]
During the last decade, East Africa was known as the kidnap hotspot of the African continent. However, over the past four years, this phenomenon has shifted westwards and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) has witnessed […]
Armed assailants have kidnapped 10 crew members of product tanker Vemahope, 116 nautical miles from the West Agbami Terminal, Lagos, Nigeria. The attackers, travelling by speedboat, were able to board the Panama flagged vessel on […]
Eight crew members are believed to be held hostage onboard a containership, four nautical miles (7 km) from Cotonou shore, security consultants Dryad Global reported. The Portuguese flagged, Tommi Ritscher, was at Cotonou anchorage where […]
In the first three months of 2020, 47 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships have been reported, up from 38 incidents in the same time period last year, according to the International Maritime […]
The 11,815 dwt containership, MSC TALIA F, was boarded in the early hours of the morning on 22 March while on route from Lome, Togo, to Libreville Gabon, where pirates abducted seven crew members. The […]
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