After prison term for piracy, 41 Somali men fly back home
Around 9.30am, the men were brought to the airport’s Terminal 2 in Mumbai police’s vans from Yellow Gate police station in South Mumbai where they had been kept in “safe…
Around 9.30am, the men were brought to the airport’s Terminal 2 in Mumbai police’s vans from Yellow Gate police station in South Mumbai where they had been kept in “safe…
AN alleged oil heist in Singapore that has already led to 20 arrests, the seizure of at least one tanker and allegations that thieves siphoned thousands of tons of fuel…
The first capacity building activity in 2018 by the Information Sharing Centre (ISC) of ReCAAP, the first regional government-to-government agreement to promote and enhance cooperation against piracy and armed robbery…
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An alleged oil heist in Singapore that has already led to 20 arrests, the seizure of at least one tanker and allegations that thieves siphoned thousands of…
Tanker operator Union Maritime reported Wednesday that the product tanker Barrett has been safely recovered from hijackers off Benin, West Africa. "Union Maritime can confirm that the MT Barrett has been…
The Union Maritime vessel, MT Barrett, a tanker which was at anchor off Benin, West Africa has been the subject of a Gulf of Guinea piracy attack since Wednesday 10th…
MODERN African pirates prefer machetes, machineguns and ransoms to cutlasses and parrots. They can make millions of dollars from one captured ship. Ten years ago Somalia’s coast was the centre…
SINGAPORE: There were 101 incidents of piracy and armed sea robberies in Asia last year, marking a 19 per cent increase from 2016's 85 cases. Of the reported attacks, 89 were actual incidents,…
OEF Research, part of One Earth Future foundation, issued a statement citing five ways in which rebel groups, transnational criminal networks, and terrorist organizations exploit inadequate governance at sea to…
Navy arrests 19 vessels, militants attack, disarm policemen in Ondo Chiemelie Ezeobi The House of Representatives saturday flayed the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for awarding the contract…
As the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), awaits release of funds to acquire the 12 fast intervention vessels and three helicopters approved for it by the Federal Government…
Product tanker BARRETT reported missing since Jan 9 or 10 off Cotonou, Benin, Gulf of Guinea. Information from different sources is contradicting – some say tanker was at Cotonou Anchorage…
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — The Philippines, still recovering from battles last year against a group of Islamic State-inspired, anti-government Muslim rebels, is confronting a rise in violence by another band from…
Worried over the resurgence of crime and criminality, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has said that the Nigerian Navy is critical to maintaining stability, as well as to contain…
The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Thursday said it arrested 19 vessels carrying out illegal activities within the nation’s territorial waters last year. The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval…
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it had thwarted an attack on a Saudi oil tanker over the weekend by Houthi fighters near the Red Sea port…
Yemen’s Houthi movement may block the Red Sea shipping lane, in case the Saudi-led coalition continues to pushing toward the port of Hodeidah it controls. While no detailed information were…
FIFTEEN SOMALI nationals, who were arrested during anti-piracy operations in January 2011, have been released, after they completed seven year jail sentence, on January 2. They were convicted by a…
A total of 180 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in 2017, according to the…