Piracy
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Middle East
Navig8 tanker attacked off Muscat
Another tanker has been attacked while transiting the Middle East. The product tanker was approached early yesterday morning by a…
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Operations
RPGs fired at tanker transiting Bab-Al-Mandeb Strait
The , a Marshall Islands flagged tanker, was fired on by three RPGs yesterday from three men in a skiff…
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Europe
UK national appeals to Theresa May to free him from Indian jail ‘nightmare’
Billy Irving, one of the men incarcerated in an Indian jail for the past three and a half years for…
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Europe
Denmark sends plane back to Horn of Africa to combat rising piracy threat
The Danish government is deploying a Challenger airplane to support maritime security in the Horn of Africa. Additionally, the government…
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Piracy
Chinese hand three pirates to Puntland authorities
Three suspected Somali pirates taken by the Chinese navy during an aborted hijacking attempt of a bulker, OS35, last month…
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Contributions
Where others fear to tread
The maritime industry has been blindsided once with regard to Somalia. It needs to put its best foot forward now…
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Piracy
Crew abductions increasingly trump cargo theft among global piracy incidents
Pirates across the world are increasingly ditching cargo theft in favour of abducting crews for ransom, delegates attending a conference…
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Middle East
Gulf Energy tanker attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden
The Chinese navy is taking a very stern approach to piracy incidents off the Horn of Africa. When the oil…
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Piracy
Somali pirate kingpin missing, presumed captured
The whereabouts of one of Somalia’s pirate leaders is unclear with speculation mounting that Aw Koombe, a man responsible for…
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Contributions
Complacency shaken off the Horn of Africa
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang assesses the threat posed by the recent spate of piracy attacks off Somalia. The recent hijacking…
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Contributions
When can we say with more certainty that Somalia-based piracy is resurgent?
James Wilkes from Gray Page looks at the recent spate of attacks for any type of pattern. On March 13,…
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Piracy
Chinese navy rescues bulker from Somali pirate attack
A Chinese navy ship rescued a Tuvalu-flagged bulk carrier in a joint operation with the Indian navy on Sunday. The…
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Piracy
Fourth Somali pirate incident in three weeks puts shipping on high alert
Somali pirates are clearly targeting smaller vessels as hijackings off the Horn of Africa pick up dramatically. A Pakistani vessel,…
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Asia
Crews warned of armed threat off the southern Philippines
An in-depth 29-page report from Asia-based piracy information centre, ReCAAP ISC warns today that the situation off the southern Philippines…
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Piracy
Somali pirates release suspected mothership
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) yesterday issued a report stating that a hijacked dhow, likely being used as…
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Asia
Soldiers free Abu Sayyaf-held master
One of two seafarers taken captive on Thursday by Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf was freed on Saturday as local…
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Piracy
UKMTO reports second Somali hijacking with vessel now deployed as pirate mothership
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued a report advising another ship has been hijacked off Eyl in…
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Contributions
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea analysed
The Gulf of Guinea continues to be one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world for merchant…
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Asia
Abu Sayyaf attacks again
Philippine terrorist organisation Abu Sayyaf has once again been linked with two attacks in the south of the country. The…
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Maritime CEO
Gray Page: On piracy and cybercrime
Last week’s hijacking of the Aris 13 tanker, the first incident involving Somali pirates since 2012, might not be a…
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