Maritime Security Incidents

A product tanker with 23 crew members was hijacked off West Africa according a report by the International Maritime Bureau. The report says that a group of

EUNAVFOR assets stopped and boarded a skiff thought to have been involved in an incident with the French Sailing Yacht (SY) TRIBAL KAT. One member of the crew

PIRACY ADVISORY The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) assesses Somali pirates will resume a high level of operations when the southwest monsoon subsides in

The chemical tanker Fairchem Bogey was hijacked from the Omani port of Salalah on 20 August in a brazen attack by Somali pirates and is now anchored off the

Phyllis Macay Bob Riggle were murdered by Somali pirates, along with their friends Jean and Scott Adam NORFOLK, Va.—A pair of Somali men were sentenced

Port of Salalah, Oman, (c) Robert Almeida Until recently, pirates have roamed around the open oceans looking for their next target, however they took a bold

Global Summary of Piracy and Maritime Crime – Week of 11 August 2011 (Source: ONI) NIGERIA: Unidentified gunmen exploded a bomb on 11 August at 0240 LT

Royal Marine Commandos board a merchant ship which had been attacked in the Red Sea. (ROYAL NAVY) In the fading light of an August afternoon, the specialist

In November of last year Rick Ehlert, a passenger on Holland America’s Ryndam, did something incredibly stupid. Drunk and in a mischievous mood Mr.

Worldwide Summary of Piracy and Maritime Crime – Week of 4 August (Source: ONI) GULF OF ADEN: A general cargo ship (GRETA) was fired upon by one 12-meter

– By David Rider, Neptune Maritime Security Despite the best efforts of the world’s navies and EU NAVFOR in particular, piracy in the Indian

Worldwide Piracy and Maritime Crime Summary, Week of 28 July 2011 (Source: ONI) Somali piracy incidents are occurring at low levels. This is likely due to the

This Warning Notice, published by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), is intended for Yacht Skippers considering a passage through the Gulf of Aden,

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)–The MV Jubba XX, an oil tanker owned by and flagged to the United Arab Emirates, was released by pirates Wednesday, the

Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary, week of 21-27 July 2011 (Source: ONI) GULF OF GUINEA: Tanker (RBD ANEMA E CORE) was hijacked 24 July at 0140 UTC while

NORFOLK, Va. —Three accused Somali pirates pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing four Americans on a hijacked yacht off the coast of

(EUNAVFOR) Late on the morning of 16 July, it was reported by the owners that the MV JUBBA XX, a laden tanker, had been pirated in the northern Indian Ocean,

Pirate attacks on the world’s seas totalled 266 in the first six months of 2011, up from 196 incidents in the same period last year, the International

This is all in Russian, but the video speaks for itself… Essentially the Russian Navy boarded a pirate ship and freed some Russian seafarers who had just

(Dow Jones) Three Somali men accused of hijacking a sailboat in the Indian Ocean and killing the four Americans on board could face the death penalty, rather