Piracy
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Piracy
Size of Indian Ocean piracy High Risk Area reduced
The round table of international shipping associations plus the OCIMF representing the global shipping and oil industry have announced that…
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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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Ships on alert following three attacks off Nigeria in 24 hours
Three attacks on ships off West Africa have been reported by maritime security specialists Ambrey in the space of just…
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Piracy
BIMCO calls for urgent international naval coalition to fight piracy off West Africa
International shipowning body BIMCO is calling for international naval support to counter the growing threat of piracy off West Africa.…
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Containers
Six crew kidnapped from MSC boxship off Benin
The 2,668 teu has been targeted by pirates off Benin with Ambrey Intelligence reporting six crew have been kidnapped. The…
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Contributions
Effective security is security that works
Unconscious biases relating to cost, conformity and compliance are undermining effective security argues James Wilkes from Gray Page. I was…
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Piracy
Hijackings proliferate around West Africa
Details are emerging of further West African hijackings, this time further south than other recent incidents. The tanker Anuket Amber…
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Asia
Shipping warned of imminent Abu Sayyaf strike
ReCAAP, the Asian piracy watchdog, has issued a warning of potential attacks on ships in and around Philippine waters. The…
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Piracy
11 crew kidnapped from German boxship off Nigeria
Over the weekend pirates boarded a Liberian flagged containership off the coast of Nigeria, seizing 11 crew including eight from…
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Piracy
Crew of Swiss bulker freed after kidnapping off Nigeria last month
Twelve crewmembers kidnapped from a Swiss ship off Nigeria last month have been freed, Swiss judicial officials said on Sunday.…
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Piracy
Twelve crew taken from Swiss bulker off Nigeria
Twelve crewmembers from Switzerland’s Massoel Shipping-owned bulker were taken from the vessel in Nigerian waters on Saturday. The 2001-built handymax…
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Europe
Scorpio tanker attacked by pirates
Scorpio Tankers’ 2015-built MR1 tanker was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Monday. According to an report…
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Middle East
Saudi halts tanker shipments through Bab al-Mandeb after Bahri VLCCs are targeted
Saudi Arabia said today it is “temporarily halting” all oil shipments through the Red Sea shipping lane of Bab al-Mandeb…
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Asia
Attacks on ships in Asia drop to lowest levels seen in a decade
The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) today released its half-yearly report, with good news to report as the levels of…
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Piracy
FWN Rapide crew released by Nigerian pirates
The 11 hostages held onboard the Dutch ship have been released by Nigerian pirates after a month in captivity. Splash…
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Operations
Seafarers to continue receiving wages if held by pirates
Seafarers held captive as a result of an act of piracy or armed robbery against ships will continue to receive…
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Europe
Dutch ship attacked in Nigeria, hostages taken
Dutch MPP owner ForestWave Navigation has reported that on Saturday morning its general cargo vessel FWN Rapide came under attack…
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Piracy
RMS St Helena becomes a floating armory
A famous ship that has plied the South Atlantic since 1990 has found a new owner and a new mode…
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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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Asia
Pirates repelled by boiling water
The crew of a ship passing through the southern Philippines repelled a pirate attack on Friday using boiling water mixed…
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