IF WE HAD TO SAY WHAT WAS THE MOST ENDEARING NEWS OF LAST YEAR, IT WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE THAT OF THE PIRATE SHIP OF PLAYMOBIL THAT TWO SCOTTISH CHILDRE...
Qatar and Pakistan undertake naval maneuvers called “León Marino-1”
Qatar and Pakistan carried out naval maneuvers in the Qatari territorial waters. As reported by the Moral Instruction Directorate of the Ministry of D...
Naval Exercises Carried Out in the Philippines Against Piracy
The Navy of the Philippines and the Royal Australian Navy today held a round of maritime exercises against piracy and terrorism in the waters near Sab...
Two Guards Injured in Pirate Attack Off Benin
On Tuesday, the government of Luxembourg reported that the product tanker ST Marseille was attacked by five armed pirates at an anchorage off Cotonou,...
Tanker Repels Pirate Attack off Somalia
In the early hours of Friday morning, the product tanker Leopard Sun came under attack about 160 nm off the coast of Somalia. It was the second report...
2018 BEGINS WITH A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS ON SHIPS
The number of attacks on ships during the month of January 2018 has decreased with respect to the same period of the previous year and with respect to...
Filipino Sailors Repel Pirate Attack With Boiling Water and Oil
Manila, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) Sailors in the Philippine Sea faced a pirate attack using medieval methods of defense and siege, launching seething wat...
Pirates Free Tanker and Crew
Pirates have freed the tanker Marine Express and her 22 Indian crew. Ship management company Anglo-Eastern said the tanker had been freed on Tuesday, ...
Oil Tanker With 22 Indian Crew Missing off Benin’s Coast
India has sought the help of the Nigerian and Benin navies to find an oil tanker that has gone missing with 22 Indian crew members off Benin’s c...
Abu Sayyaf Frees Two Kidnapping Victims
Two Indonesian fishermen who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf group in 2016 have been released and have returned home. The abductees, La Utu Bin La Ra...