THE Federal Government, yesterday, disclosed a maritime security strategy to combat sea piracy and other criminal activities on the nation’s coastal and territorial waters. The accompanying cost of the implementation…
For the first time in years, piracy has returned to the coast of Somalia, with as many as six incidents reported in the last two months. But the European Union…
The economic cost of maritime piracy is increasing once again as Somali pirate networks resume attacks on ships, while kidnapping for ransom becomes a more popular tactic, according to a…
East Africa - Human cost Oceans Beyond Piracy welcomes the efforts of the Hostage Support Partnership (HSP) in releasing the Naham 3 crewmembers, who were held for over 4 ½…
MAY 2, 2017 – Pirate networks responsible for the original Somali piracy crisis have sustained themselves through small-scale attacks and involvement in an array of maritime crimes, according to Oceans…
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Armed attacks on ships in West African waters nearly doubled in 2016, with pirates increasingly focused on kidnapping their crew for ransom off Nigeria's coast, a report…
On 29th April 2017 at 0414UTC A merchant vessel was attacked (fired upon) in psn 035030N 0064554E. Vessel’s transiting the area are advised to exercise extreme caution. Source: MDAT /…
Mohamed Farah, 31, of Somalia, was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison for engaging in piracy and committing other offenses pertaining to the attack on the USS Ashland,…
The Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, has arrested 11 kidnap suspects in Port Harcourt. The suspects include Anthony Pepple, who is also known as “Urban Gorilla” and a…
General Tom Waldhauser, head of the U.S. military’s Africa Command, has warned that the threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia is rising. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal,…
U.S. officials are reluctant to label a recent spike in piracy off the waters of Somalia as a trend. "We're not ready to say there is a trend there yet,…
MARAN: It has been almost a month since Abu Sayyaf kidnap victim, Mohd Ridzuan Ismail, was freed after spending more than eight months in captivity, but the 33-year-old is struggling…
On 19 Apr morning hours, pirates boarded an unnamed "offshore tug" in the Gulf of Guinea and kidnapped eight crewmembers. According to the ICC International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre, the…
On 19th April 2017 at 0900Z Merchant vessel was attacked in psn 032500N 0053600E (220°/40NM from Brass, Nigeria). A small craft with 8 POB fired on the MV. Armed security…
On Tuesday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard foiled an attempted pirate attack on the cargo vessel Doña Anabelle. The attempted boarding occurred off Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte – over 50 nm…
BETWEEN 2008 and 2011, the waters off the coast of Somalia were the most treacherous shipping lanes in the world. More than 700 attacks on vessels took place in this…
On 15 Apr 17 an MV was attacked in psn 12-43.5N 048-02E by a Skiff with 7 POB. Shots were fired at MV. Incident lasted for 45 minutes, MV AST…
On 15 Apr 17 an MV was approached by numerous of skiffs at a distance of 5 cables. Weapons were not visible however movements of skiffs were suspicious. AST onboard…
On 14 apr 17 an MV was approached in psn 15-55.8N 052-20.7E by a small boat with 6-7 armed POB and attempted to board MV several times with no success.…
