Piracy

Private security firms are proving that armed security teams are an effective means of protecting individual ships but is it the only option? In 2012 the

The release of the MT Smyrni and MV Royal Grace reported today and this weekend are big wins, or at least indications of some big steps forward in the war

ROME, March 11 (Reuters) – Two Italian marines charged in India with killing two fishermen while on anti-piracy duty will not return there from a home

Update (March 11, 2013): European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) reports today the 26 crewmembers of M/T Smyrni have been released as of Sunday 10 March at

(Bloomberg) — One of two Pakistani engineers seized from a vessel by gunmen on Feb. 22 in southeastern Nigeria was rescued from the sea, with his

Tired of reading about piracy online? Think you have what it takes to outsmart pirates? Well the US Navy is offering you an opportunity to help! At the Annual

Some new video has surfaced showing damaged sustained by the offshore supply vessel, MV Walvis 7, following an attack offshore Nigeria. Crew members of the

ABUJA (Reuters) – Pirates attacked an oil industry supply vessel in Nigerian waters this week and kidnapped three crew, security sources said on

Successful or not, if you attack a ship, you are a pirate… and you will be convicted. Period. A federal jury in Virginia this week convicted five Somali

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has granted an amnesty to hundreds of young Somali pirates to reduce the

YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Six foreign sailors were freed unharmed overnight by pirates who seized them off the coast of Nigeria’s oil-producing

LAGOS, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Fifteen Russian sailors charged with illegally bringing weapons into Nigeria last year were granted bail on Monday and released

By Joe Brock and Jonathan Saul ABUJA/LONDON (Reuters) – A spike in piracy off Nigeria’s oil-rich coast has shown gangs are willing to venture

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Pirates who kidnapped six foreign sailors from an oil servicing vessel off the Nigerian coast on Sunday are

As piracy off the coast of Nigeria and in the Gulf of Guinea continues to dominate headlines in 2013, this latest update from the European Union Naval Force

By Joe Brock ABUJA, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Pirates kidnapped six foreign sailors when they boarded a ship two days ago off Nigeria’s coast in the

By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent ABOARD RMS QUEEN MARY 2 (Reuters) – Posted between septuagenarian passengers in deck chairs, lookouts stand

A spokesman from Carisbrooke Shipping has confirmed that their multi-purpose bulk carrier, the British-flagged Esther C, has been attacked by pirates 85

A Filipino crewmember aboard the chemical tanker, Pyxis Delta, was shot and killed Monday during an attack by pirates off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria,

By Michelle Wiese Bockmann (Bloomberg) — Some merchant ships are using illegal armed guards to deter pirates off West Africa, prompting at least one