Piracy
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Bulk carrier freed from Somali pirates after three-month hijacking
A Navibulgar bulk carrier and all 17 crew, hijacked by Somali pirates three months ago, was seized by the Indian…
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Pirates plan more attacks as abducted Bangladeshi bulk carrier moors off Somalia
Emboldened by their vessel capture earlier this week, Somali pirates have set out again to sea to snare more ships…
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Bulk carrier with 23 crew hijacked off Somalia
A Bangladesh-flagged bulk carrier with 23 crew was boarded in the Indian Ocean Tuesday by suspected Somali pirates some 600…
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Two vessels freed following Somali pirate hijackings
Two fishing vessels – one from Iran and the other from Sri Lanka – have been freed following hijackings by…
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Africa
Bulk carrier boarded off Somalia
A Liberia-flagged bulk carrier was boarded yesterday by armed individuals while underway in waters some 460 nautical miles off Somalia.…
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Master and chief engineer kidnapped off Equatorial Guinea
The Tuvalu-registered 13,000 dwt tanker was boarded 45 nautical miles south of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea on January 1 with…
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Bulgaria readies to start negotiating ransoms with Somali pirates
To add to the instability in the region, Somali pirates are back hunting targets while Houthis to the north in…
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Piracy attacks on the rise
Global piracy and armed robbery attacks against commercial shipping have increased by some 12% during the first six months of…
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Africa
Six crew kidnapped off Cameroon
A Panama-flagged general cargo vessel was boarded by criminals last Friday at the Douala anchorage in Cameroon, resulting in six…
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Three crew kidnapped from Eagle Bulk ship off Gabon
Three crew were kidnapped yesterday when the , a 2010-supramax belonging to Eagle Bulk, came under attack just after midnight…
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Singapore tanker hit by pirates off Cote D’Ivoire
A Singaporean-flagged chemical/products tanker was reportedly boarded in international waters 310nm south of Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. Security consultants Ambrey noted…
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Part of the crew kidnapped in Monjasa tanker hijacking
A pirate attack on a Monjasa tanker in the Gulf of Guinea resulted in the kidnapping of some of its…
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Danish Shipping calls for new approach to tackle Gulf of Guinea piracy
Following the boarding of a Monjasa product tanker offshore the Republic of Congo, the shipowners’ organisation Danish Shipping has called…
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Monjasa product tanker boarded in Gulf of Guinea
After an extended period of comparative calm, a ship has been boarded in the highly risky waters of the Gulf…
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Singapore Strait piracy attacks account for one-third of global total
While global piracy and armed robbery attacks against commercial shipping continue to decline, Asia and specifically the Singapore Strait continue…
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Korean tanker hit by pirates for second time this year
Two South Koreans and 17 Indonesian sailors kidnapped on international waters in West Africa have been released unharmed. The 4,000…
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Dry bulk carrier attacked off Guinea
An Antigua & Barbuda-flagged dry cargo vessel belonging to Germany’s Jens und Waller was boarded and robbed by armed criminals…
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End of the Indian Ocean High Risk Area
After more than a decade of effective threat-reducing counter-piracy operations the shipping industry has decided to remove the Indian Ocean…
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Piracy incidents drop to near 30-year lows
Piracy incidents around the world were at their lowest levels in nearly 30 years for the first half of 2022.According…
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Nigeria and shipowning bodies join forces to fight piracy
The government of Nigeria and a coalition of global shipping stakeholders have launched a new strategy to end piracy, armed…
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