Incidents

By Robertson Henry KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Police from two countries in the eastern Caribbean

By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI, Jan 31 (Reuters) – India has deployed at least a dozen warships east of the Red Sea to provide security against

COLOMBO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Six crew members of a Sri Lankan fishing trawler hijacked by suspected Somali pirates have been rescued, Sri Lankan

By Andrew Osborn and Maxim Rodionov Jan 21 (Reuters) – Russian energy company Novatek NVTK.MM said on Sunday it had been forced to

By Mohammed Hatem, Tara Patel and Kateryna Kadabashy (Bloomberg) – Houthi militants claimed to have attacked another merchant ship in the Red Sea,

Security experts have reported yet another hijacking of a fishing dhow off the coast of Somalia, marking the fifth such incident since November. The UK-based

By Daniel Leussink (Reuters) – All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision

DUBAI, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Tuesday on a container ship in the

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The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says it has received reports that a dhow has been hijacked by heavily armed personnel off Eyl, Somalia. Authorities

DUBAI, Dec 20 (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Houthis warned on Wednesday they would strike U.S. warships if the Iranian-backed militia was

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Shipping companies remain in the dark over a new international navy coalition being

By Stefan Nicola (Bloomberg) — More than a hundred container ships are taking the long route around Africa to avoid violence in the Red Sea, creating

SINGAPORE, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Several liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels have changed their courses in recent days to avoid the Red Sea region

The European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) is continuing to closely monitor the situation of the hijacked Maltese-flagged MV Ruen in cooperation with local

In response to the escalated security situation in the Red Sea, Danish shipping giant Maersk, the world’s second-largest container shipping line, has

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has formally announced the initiation of multi-national security initiative, known as Operation Prosperity Guardian, as

By Rachel Graham, Brendan Murray and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) —Shipping in the Red Sea is grinding to a halt with oil tankers idling and container

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – A commercial vessel hijacked by unknown assailants remains off the coast of Somalia raising fears

By Alaric Nightingale and Sanne Wass (Bloomberg) — Spiraling attacks on merchant ships by Houthi militants off the coast of Yemen have prompted