Piracy
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Shots fired in confusing Somali boarding incident
Confusion surrounds the 1994-built 8,100 dwt chemical tanker with security firms having differing views whether or not this vessel is…
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Three men fined in Nigeria as new anti-piracy laws take effect
A new anti-piracy law in Nigeria has delivered its first results. A court in Port Harcourt has fined three men…
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Armed guarding shouldn’t be cheap. It should be expensive
James Wilkes from Gray Page writes today about the dangerously low price levels private maritime security companies are offering. Rolls-Royce…
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Details emerge of how a disgruntled armed guard took control of an Eagle Bulk supramax for three days
On Friday NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk released brief details of a remarkable hostage situation onboard one of its supramaxes, which saw…
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13 crew kidnapped from tanker off Benin
The 2007-built 11,300 dwt chemical tanker was attacked by pirates off the coast of Benin in West Africa on July…
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Five crew kidnapped from PIL multipurpose vessel
The 2013-built 27,000 dwt multipurpose cargo vessel has been boarded by armed pirates offshore Cotonou of Benin in West Africa.…
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BW Offshore FPSO attacked by pirates off Nigeria, nine workers kidnapped
BW Offshore has announced that FPSO was attacked by pirates this morning around 4:20am local time offshore Nigeria. The pirates…
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Abu Sayyaf restarts kidnap-for-ransom at sea campaign
The Philippine Coast Guard is warning a faction of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is hunting vessels in Southeast Asia…
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Eight kidnapped Tommi Ritscher crew freed
Eight crewmemebers who were kidnapped by pirates from containership last month off Benin have been freed by the Nigerian Navy…
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Eight kidnapped Tommi Ritscher crew freed
Eight crewmemebers who were kidnapped by pirates from containership last month off Benin have been freed by the Nigerian Navy…
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Stolt product tanker attacked off Yemen
Stolt Tankers has detailed how its product tanker, the , was attacked by pirates 75 nautical miles off Yemen’s coast…
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Three pirate attacks in one day off West Africa
Piracy attacks continue to proliferate off West Africa with three incidents reported in just one day. The tanker Yuan Qiu…
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Two crew abducted from cargo ship off Equatorial Guinea
The 1993-built 8,900 dwt cargo ship was attacked by pirates off Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Saturday and two crew members…
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10 crew kidnapped from product tanker off Nigeria
The Panamanian-flagged , a 6,152 dwt product tanker controlled by Piraeus-based Queensway Navigation, was attacked in Nigerian waters yesterday by…
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Crew from Tommi Ritscher citadel rescued, eight remain hostage
Nigerian special forces have rescued 11 crewmembers from the Portuguese-flagged containership , which was attacked by pirates off Benin on…
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Nigerian special forces deployed to free eight crew held hostage onboard boxship
Nigeria has dispatched a patrol boat with a detachment of special forces to try and resolve a hostage situation in…
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Abu Sayyaf team heads towards Malaysia on the hunt for kidnap targets
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre has been alerted by Malaysian intelligence that an Abu Sayyaf kidnap for…
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Seven crew kidnapped from MSC boxship in Gulf of Guinea
The 2005-built 957 teu feeder boxship was boarded by pirates in Gulf of Guinea on Sunday and seven of the…
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Crew thwarts pirate attack on Swiss bulker
A pirate attack on a supramax bulk carrier operated by Swiss owner SAM has been thwarted by the ship’s crew.…
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Minerva Marine tanker attacked by pirates off Benin
The 2006-built 51,000 dwt product tanker , owned by Greek owner Minerva Marine, was attacked by pirates off Cotonou, Benin…
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