April 14th, 20150Paris: French offshore service provider Bourbon yesterday issued a release admitting that one of its ships, Surfer 1440, was boarded off the Nigerian coast on the night...
April 13th, 20150London: Pirates successfully boarded a product tanker sailing into Nigeria but were overpowered by the the Western Naval Command (WNC) of the Nigerian Navy. Pirates...
March 24th, 20150Valletta: Even though the threat of piracy globally has been on the wane for the past couple of years, there is no room complacency, says Phil Cable, ceo of security...
March 21st, 20150Singapore: The regional body fighting piracy ReCAAP has reported two incidents that are different to the normal targets in Southeast Asian waters. While small product...
March 19th, 20150London: Three crew kidnapped from a tanker by armed robbers in Nigeria have been freed, highlighting the dire state of maritime security in the country’s...
March 17th, 20150Copenhagen: Nine pirates, first tried and freed in Denmark, have been jailed in the Seychelles for 14 years. In 2013, Denmark failed in an effort to prosecute nine...
February 28th, 20150Naples: Italy’s coast guard has passed a resolution to allow its teams to carry weapons, after threats from Islamic State (IS) extremists and clashes with people...
February 25th, 20150Leeds: With piracy remaining a hot topic in 2015 especially in Southeast Asia one company is promoting the idea of seafarers wearing body armour when transiting...
February 24th, 20150Manila: After more than three weeks the tanker Rehobot has been found in Philippine waters. The Indonesian-flagged chemical tanker was hijacked on the night of...
February 17th, 20150Bangkok: The Thai tanker attacked over the weekend and left with what robbers claimed was a bomb onboard has been given the all clear by the Royal Thai Navy. Robbers...
February 16th, 20150Bangkok: In a frightening new development in the ongoing series of fuel thefts in Southeast Asian waters, a bomb has allegedly been left onboard a hijacked Thai tanker....
February 13th, 20150London: The Maritime Trade and Information Sharing Centre for the Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GoG) has advised vessels transiting or visiting any Nigerian port not to have any...
February 12th, 20150Singapore: With piracy and armed robbery on the increase in Southeast Asia, P&I Club Skuld has warned shipowners to be wary of taking on the services of private...
February 11th, 20150Singapore: Shipowners, operators and managers should report every piracy attempt, however small the incident appears to be, for authorities to get a better picture of...
Singapore: All incidents of maritime crime, however petty or even unsuccessful, ought to be reported to local authorities, the executive director of the Regional...
February 10th, 20150Tel Aviv: Pirates unsuccessfully attacked a Kuwaiti products tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday night, but were overpowered by the ship's crew. The tanker, Burgan...
February 6th, 20150London: Insurance cover is coming to a specific threat in Southeast Asia. Specialist marine insurance intermediary, Seacurus, has developed a petro-piracy endorsement...
