Thai-flagged Product Tanker MGT 1 was boarded on September 6 by a group of pirates who tried to take the ship’s oil cargo while the vessel was underwa...
Japan and UNODC Join Asian Piracy Battle
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is joining several countries in Asia to battle ISIS-inspired pirates in the Sulu and Celebes seas...
Fuel Smuggling: Libya Detains 20 Filipinos
The Philippine government has instructed its embassy in Libya to “exert all efforts” to secure the immediate release of the 20 Filipino seafarers who ...
Large Russian Ship “Caesar Kunikov” Going To Syria, Entered The Mediterranean Sea.
The large landing ship (BMC) of the Russian Navy, Caesar Kunikov, traveling with cargo to Syria, proceeded through the Black Sea straits to the Medite...
Somali pirates remain threat to merchant ships
The hijacking of an Indian dhow in early April was one of five incidents off Somali pirates reported in the second quarter of 2017. Added to a furthe...
Two Vietnamese Seafarers Beheaded By Abu Sayyaf Piracy Group.
Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf beheaded two abducted Vietnamese seafarers from the bulk carrier ship MV Royal 16. Hoang Thong and Hoang Va Hai we...
Gulf of Guinea Is Still A Hot Spot For Piracy
European shipowners have called on governments to do more to prevent the rise of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, most particularly off Nigeria. The Euro...
Shipping Giant A.P. Moller-Maersk Says It’s Been Cyber Attacked
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said the Petya cyber attack had caused outages at its c...
Explosion heard from ship off the coast of Somalia.
A huge explosion was heard from a ship off the coast of Somalia’s Puntland region late on Monday and flames were seen rising from what might be ...
Pirate Attack In Mbaraki Terminal, Mombasa
A product tanker was boarded on June 19 around 23:00 UTC: in, Mbaraki Terminal, Mombasa, Kenya. The report was as follows, the duty crew on anti-pira...