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15 crew abducted from chemical tanker by pirates off Benin
A 2016-built chemical tanker was boarded by pirates off Cotonou, Benin on Thursday with 15 crewmembers kidnapped. According to maritime…
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Piracy
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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Containers
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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Piracy
Nine kidnapped in seventh attack off Cotonou in the space of just one month
Another ship has been attacked in West Africa with nine crew kidnapped. The , a tanker belonging to Greece’s Oceangold…
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Europe
Kidnapped crew from MSC boxship released by pirates
Six crew members, including the captain, kidnapped earlier this month from 2,668 teu off Benin, have been released according to…
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Piracy
Two guards shot in latest Gulf of Guinea pirate attack
Two guards from Benin were injured when the Luxembourg-registered product tanker they were working on was hijacked by pirates early…
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Piracy
Marine Express freed from pirate hijacking off Benin
The Anglo-Eastern managed product tanker , which was the subject of a pirate attack and seizure in the Gulf of…
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Piracy
Fears grow of another pirate attack on a product tanker anchored off Benin
Anglo-Eastern, managers of the 45,989 dwt oil products tanker , report that contact has been lost with the vessel which…
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Africa
Union Maritime tanker and 22 crew released by pirates
UK-based Union Maritime has confirmed that its 2005-built oil products tanker , which went missing last Tuesday off Benin, has…
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Europe
Missing Union Maritime tanker confirmed taken by pirates
UK-based Union Maritime has confirmed that 2005-built oil products tanker which went missing last Tuesday off Benin has been the…
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Europe
Union Maritime tanker goes missing off Benin
UK-based Union Maritime says it has lost communication with 2005-built oil products tanker , which was at anchor off Benin,…
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