Piracy
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Maritime crime in Southeast Asia drops to lowest levels for a decade
Dryad Maritime, a British maritime intelligence company, has released its Q1 2016 analysis of globally reported incidents of piracy and…
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Abu Sayaff: the threat to shipping returns
Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is back in the shipping headlines, kidnapping crew in Southeast Asia. Kevin Doherty from Nexus…
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Indonesian owner willing to pay Abu Sayyaf ransom to free crew
The firm that owns the tugboat that was hijacked by the Abu Sayyaf militant group in the southern Philippines last…
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Hijacked barge found off Sabah
An Indonesian barge, Anand 12, hijacked by the militant group Abu Sayyaf late last month in the far south of…
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British PMSCs merge
Two British private maritime security firms, Port2Port Maritime Security and Neptune Maritime Security, are to merge. Andrew Varney, managing director…
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Abu Sayyaf linked with another kidnapping
Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf is strongly linked with the kidnapping of four Malaysian crew on Friday night. Eight Filipino…
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Indonesian crew held in suspected Abu Sayyaf kidnapping
The Indonesian Embassy in Manila yesterday confirmed reports that an Indonesian tug, Brahma 12, has been hijacked in the far…
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Chemical tanker hit by pirates off Nigeria
A small chemical carrier was attacked by pirates in the early hours of Saturday morning in Nigerian waters and five…
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Two Bourbon Ofshore crew abducted off Nigeria freed
Bourbon Offshore has announced that the two crew members abducted from off Nigeria last month have been released. The company…
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Hackers, economics and extreme weather are biggest threats to ships
2015 was shipping’s safest year for a decade but cyber threats, extreme weather and budget cuts still pose big risks…
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‘Fast, clean and easy’: Pirates hack shipping line to track and seize valuable cargo
Pirates are using information technology to target ships and specific cargoes, a new report from Verizon has revealed. The tech…
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Seaman Guard Ohio crew lose latest court appeal
The Madras High Court yesterday ruled not to suspend the five-year hard labour jail term awarded to 35 crewmembers of…
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Bourbon Offshore crew pair abducted off Nigeria
French offshore vessel operator Bourbon has issued a statement, confirming that anchor handling and tug supply vessel was attacked off…
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Nigerian government’s crackdown on oil theft fuels kidnapping
Maritime security firm Protection Group International (PGI) has suggested a government crackdown in Nigeria on oil theft is fuelling kidnapping…
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Seafarers freed by Nigerian Navy
The Nigerian Navy rescued 10 Indian seafarers over the weekend. The crew, working onboard the UAE-controlled product tanker , were…
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Unemployed Nigerian cadets turning to piracy
The chairman of the Nigeria Shipowners Association, Captain Niyi Labinjo, has blasted the national government, linking the failure to secure…
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Maersk containership hijacked off Nigeria
Coming just days after Peregrine Shipping tanker Leon Dias was freed from hijackers, a Maersk Line-managed containership has been hijacked…
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Hijacked Greek tanker freed
The Greek tanker hijacked by Biafran separatists in Nigeria over the weekend has been freed. Threats had been made that the and…
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Biafran separatists hijack and threaten to blow up a tanker in Nigeria
A foreign-flagged tanker has been hijacked in Nigeria and faces being blown up with its crew onboard if the federal…
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Armed guards to sail on vessels in Malaysia
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) says it will allow armed guards to travel on vessels transiting Malaysian waters. The…
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