The Nigerian Navy has foiled an attempted hijacking of a merchant vessel some 16 nautical miles off the coast of Bonny, Nigeria. Six persons in a skif...
87 Piracy Incident Reported In The First Six Months Of 2017.
The IMB has published its report on piracy and armed robbery for the second quarter of 2017, covering the period from 1 January to 30 June 2017. The r...
Activists Launch Mission To Defend Europe, They Will Rescue, And Send Back Illegals From Libya
🇬🇧 The ship of #DEFENDEUROPE mission just weighed anchor to the Mediterranean sea ! Support our mission here : https://t.co/z9b7O0SCNV pic.twitter.com...
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...