Piracy News
Dryad: International Inaction Breeds Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
The international community is on the spot for slow action against the rising menace of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which has be...
Read More >>Nigeria Plans to Add Boats and Aircraft to Combat Piracy
Responding to the growing outcry over the increasing security risks for mariners in West Africa and the repeated reports of N...
Read More >>Indonesian Navy Catches Five Pirates in the Act of Raiding a Barge
[Brief] The Indonesian Navy successfully intercepted five pirates in the middle of a theft aboard a barge in the Singapore Strait....
Read More >>Crew of Boxship Mozart Freed by Pirates Weeks After Brutal Attack
The crew of the boxship Mozart who were kidnapped in a brutal attack in the Gulf of Guinea two weeks ago have been freed. Accordin...
Read More >>Pirate Group Conducts Multiple Attacks in Gulf of Guinea Over 4 Days
An alert has been issued for a possible “pirate action group” active in the Gulf of Guinea traveling in a region from...
Read More >>Pirates Board Product Tanker off Cameroon
[Updated] On Saturday night, the product tanker Sea Phantom was boarded by pirates about 115 nm off the coast of Cameroon in the G...
Read More >>EU and Nigeria Working to Address Issues in the Gulf of Guinea
There has been no letup of incidents in the Gulf of Guinea with new reports of assaults on ships in the region, including another...
Read More >>ReCAAP Reports Three Attempted Robberies in the Singapore Strait
After three attempted robberies in the past few days, ReCAAP ICS is again issuing warnings about incidents occurring on vessels un...
Read More >>Shipowner Makes Contact With Kidnapped Crew of the Boxship Mozart
The 15 crewmembers who were kidnapped from the boxship Mozart last weekend are unharmed, Turkish vessel operator Boden Shipping sa...
Read More >>One Killed, 15 Abducted in Gulf of Guinea Pirate Attack
On Saturday morning, a boxship was reportedly boarded by pirates and its citadel breached at a position off Sao Tome, according to...
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