Piracy
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Asia
Swire Pacific anchor handler attacked off Equatorial Guinea, seven crew taken
Singapore-based offshore owner Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) has confirmed reports that 2002-built anchor handling tug supply vessel was attacked by…
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Europe
Micoperi OSV attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico
Offshore support vessel , owned by the Italian shipping group Micoperi, was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico.…
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Europe
JJ Ugland bulker crew abducted by pirates off Benin
The 2014-built supramax bulker , owned by Norwegian owner JJ Ugland, was boarded by pirates on Saturday off Cotonou, Benin.…
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Europe
London court makes final ruling in controversial piracy insurance fraud case
An eight-year massive ship insurance fraud case came to a close yesterday with the High Court in London ruling that…
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Europe
Eight crew from German ship taken hostage off Cameroon
Pirates have kidnapped eight crew members of a German-owned ship in a raid on the vessel off the coast of…
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Europe
Ten Turkish crew released after a month’s captivity in Nigeria
Ten Turkish seafarers who were kidnapped last month off the coast of West Africa have been released. The 10 men…
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Europe
Turkish owner establishes contact with pirates who kidnapped crew off Nigeria
Turkish shipping company Kadioglu Denizcilik has established first contact with the group of pirates who kidnapped 10 crew from the…
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Asia
Chang Myung Shipping bulker attacked by pirates near Singapore
A South Korean bulk carrier was attacked by pirates near the Singapore Strait on Monday, Yonhap News Agency reports. Seven…
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Europe
10 Turkish sailors kidnapped off Nigeria
Ten Turkish sailors were taken hostage by armed pirates who attacked a Turkish-flagged ship off the coast of Nigeria, the…
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Piracy
Nigerian piracy levels deemed ‘unacceptable’, international solutions sought
Some of shipping’s top stakeholders met on Friday at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to demand…
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Contributions
Known unknowns on tanker terrorism
Security consultant Lars Bergqvist questions why shipping was not put on high alert prior to the tanker attacks off Fujairah…
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Piracy
BIMCO renews call for international naval support off West Africa
BIMCO has renewed calls for a coalition of international navies to patrol the waters off West Africa as incidents of…
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Middle East
US says Iranian limpet mines were used in Fujairah tanker attacks
The United States on Friday accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of being behind the May 12 attacks on four tankers off…
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Middle East
Lloyd’s warns of ‘significant claims’ from Fujairah attacks
Citing the scant information available at present, the Joint War Committee (JWC), which comprises underwriting representatives from both the Lloyd’s…
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Middle East
Extra security measures in place for ships heading through the Strait of Hormuz
Shipowners and shipmanagers are taking extra security measures when transiting the Strait of Hormuz and around the key bunkering hub…
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Middle East
Limpet mines suspected in Fujairah attacks
Initial inspections of the four ships that UAE authorities said were “sabotaged” on Sunday points towards the use of limpet…
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Middle East
Tankers targeted off Fujairah
International shipping has been placed on high alert after four tankers were “sabotaged” in waters just off Fujairah in the…
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Europe
Boskalis heavy lift vessel hit by pirates off West Africa
Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) revealed today that its heavy transport vessel was hijacked on Sunday around 80 nautical miles offshore…
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Europe
Hijacked bunker tanker headed for Malta
Bunker tanker has been hijacked by a group of migrants off Libya and is headed for Malta, local newspaper MaltaToday…
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Asia
Abu Sayyaf hunting high-value targets along Sabah’s eastern coast
Ambrey Risk is reporting that the Eastern Sabah Security Command has issued a warning stating that a group from Islamic…
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