Piracy
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Asia
Orkim Harmony hijackers caught
Singapore: Pirates responsible for the hijacking of Malaysian product tanker Orkim Harmony have been apprehended this morning, after fleeing the vessel…
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Asia
Pirates of the Asian seas – is the devil really known?
Crime on the high seas seems to be doing fine, all things considered. While cases of piracy off the coast…
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Asia
Missing Malaysian tanker found in Cambodian waters
Kuala Lumpur: An Australian aircraft has seen the missing Orkim Victory in Cambodian waters. The ship, hijacked last week off…
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Asia
Three ships hit by pirates in three hours
Singapore: Three ships have been attacked by pirates in the same area in the space of just three hours today,…
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Asia
Manager of missing tanker denies MMEA claim it took 10 hours to report incident
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has fired a broadside at Orkim Ship Management for taking 10 hours…
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Asia
Shipowner suffers second piracy attack in same area this month
Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian firm, Magna Meridian, looks likely to have been hit by pirates twice within eight days. The…
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Asia
Two vessels hijacked off Malaysia
Athens: Armed pirates hijacked a product tanker off Malaysia on Thursday, sailing it to where it met another vessel, where…
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Asia
Oriental Glory hit again, becomes seventh product tanker taken by Southeast Asian pirates since January
Singapore: A small product tanker has been hit by robbers stealing its cargo for the second time in the space…
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Asia
Southeast Asian navies vow to take piracy fight into the South China Sea
Singapore: Naval patrols along the Malacca Straits and out to the South China Sea are likely to be increased to…
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Asia
ReCAAP sets the record straight
Athens: Yoshihisa Endo, executive director of the Singapore-based ReCAAP information sharing centre (ISC), has given a statement setting the record straight…
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Europe
Eagle Ship Hardening: Security firms must listen to their clients’ needs more
Las Palmas: There’s a vast number of maritime security companies that rarely, if ever, listen to the requirements of their…
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Asia
Another product tanker hit by pirates leaving Singapore
Singapore: The Southeast Asian piracy watchdog ReCAAP sent out an alert on Sunday, warning that another product tanker has been…
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Asia
Zycraft: ‘The threat of terrorism at sea is not far off’
Singapore: Piracy in Southeast Asia shows no sign of abating and unmanned surface vessels could have a role to play…
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Asia
Shipowners told to install panic buttons to help fight piracy scourge
Bangkok: Ships travelling in pirate-infested Southeast Asian waters should install panic buttons onboard, a Thai rear admiral has proposed. Senior…
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Asia
Tankers coming under attack once a fortnight in SE Asian waters
Singapore: Latest figures from the International Maritime Bureau show ships are being hijacked in Southeast Asian waters on average once…
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Africa
Three Bourbon seafarers kidnapped off Nigeria
Paris: French offshore service provider Bourbon yesterday issued a release admitting that one of its ships, Surfer 1440, was boarded…
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Africa
Pirate attack on product tanker foiled by Nigerian Navy
London: Pirates successfully boarded a product tanker sailing into Nigeria but were overpowered by the the Western Naval Command (WNC)…
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Maritime CEO
MAST: Piracy and the threat of complacency
Valletta: Even though the threat of piracy globally has been on the wane for the past couple of years, there…
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Asia
Bulk carrier and boxship attacked along Strait of Malacca
Singapore: The regional body fighting piracy ReCAAP has reported two incidents that are different to the normal targets in Southeast…
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Africa
Crew kidnap highlights security shambles in Nigeria
London: Three crew kidnapped from a tanker by armed robbers in Nigeria have been freed, highlighting the dire state of…
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