Piracy
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Abducted bulk carrier tipped as new mothership for Somali pirates
A Navibulgar bulk carrier, abducted by Somalis in December, could be being used now as a mothership as pirates ramp…
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Covid revisited: Empty container concerns grow as Red Sea shipping crisis drags on
The Houthis traded fire with fire once again yesterday, claiming they had carried out a strike on an American navy…
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Biden: Air strikes are not deterring Houthis
The president of the world’s most powerful nation has conceded his nation’s military efforts to make navigation safe again in…
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Houthis defiant despite repeated strikes on Yemeni bases
The Middle East remains a dangerous, red-hot cauldron for merchant shipping with many actors from various shorelines impinging on the…
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Naval assets – including from Iran – build up in the Red Sea
More nations – including Denmark, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – are sending naval assets towards the Middle East as pressure…
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Houthis show no sign of backing down in tense Red Sea standoff
Houthi attacks against naval and merchant ships carried on over the weekend with more than one in five vessels electing…
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Red Sea impasse remains despite creation of international naval coalition
The global shipping industry has welcomed news of a US-led naval coalition to ease tensions in the Red Sea, but…
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Ships shot at in the Red Sea
Ships were shot at while passing near Yemen today in the latest acts terrorising seafarers transiting the Red Sea, a…
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Houthis widen ship targets
It has been another weekend of heightened fear for seafarers transiting the Red Sea. On Saturday, Yemen’s Houthi movement said…
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US focuses on reducing Houthi threat in the Red Sea
As well as discussing the idea of a naval coalition with allies, the US is looking to turn the cash…
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Red Sea danger sees Israel-linked ships steer clear
More Israeli-linked ships, including those operated by ZIM, the world’s 10th largest liner, are diverting, avoiding new hot spots around…
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Singapore Strait sea robbery warning
Three sea robbery incidents occurred in the Philip Channel in the Singapore Strait in the space of just six hours…
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Filipino seafarers abducted from chemical tanker off Benin return home
Ten Filipino seafarers who were abducted from De Poli Tankers’ vessel Davide B off the coast of Benin in the…
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Robberies on the rise in the Philippines
With more ships calling the Philippines this year to carry out crew changes there has been a concurrent rise in…
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Same armed guard who took Eagle Bulk crew hostage takes over another vessel
The armed guard who held the crew of the Eagle Bulk controlled Jaeger supramax last month has done it again.…
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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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