Piracy

What happens to mariners after a pirate attack? Millions have been spent, new weapons developed, and new procedures written with the goal of ending piracy off

In what may be the first reported case of Somalis doing their part to prevent Somalia-based piracy operations, a speed boat carrying 7 men, AK-47s, RPGs, and

AFP is reporting that the tanker hijacked over the weekend off the coast of Nigeria has been released along with the 20 member crew.  The vessel, the Marshall

Insiders tell how pirates are destroying the system that allows them to flourish.  By Robert Young Pelton, Somalia Report Somalia Report has identified a

BBC is reporting that British and U.S. naval forces have freed the Italian-flagged bulk carrier Montecristo that was hijacked Monday off the coast of

BEIJING (Dow Jones)–China suspended shipping along Southeast Asia’s Mekong River on Monday after attacks on Chinese cargo vessels left

There’s nothing we enjoy more than waking up on a Monday morning and hearing about a Pirate Action Group (PAG) being “disabled” by one of the

The date was Oct. 23, 2009 and so far, the sailing route from the Seychelles to Tanzania had been fairly clear of pirate activity. It was certainly considered

By Jama Deperani, Somalia Report Local fishermen in Somalia will now wear uniforms to differentiate them from the pirates, according to officials from

Global Summary of Maritime Crime and Piracy (source: Office of Naval Intelligence) BENIN: Chemical tanker fired upon, boarded, and robbed 2 October at 2337 LT

NATO’s Rear Admiral Hank Ort (NLD N) this week warned that pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea is likely to increase as

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Somalian piracy could spread further unless an onshore solution is found, the secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum

Yesterday, just months after arriving on location, the newly built Ocean Rig Drillship Poseidon, was attacked by pirates while drilling off the coast of

NAIROBI, Kenya—Ten heavily armed Somali militants, driving their boat under the cover of darkness, kidnapped a Frenchwoman on a resort island in northern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSphdtgQeQ It’s not quite Robert Duvall’s air cavalry as seen in the film Apocolypse Now, but it’s still

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) marked its annual World Maritime Day celebration today with a collective call-to-action to the United Nations,

Piracy is so rampant right now that it can be easy to lose sight of the human element.  Sometimes you must remind yourself that in each headline announcing a

A Japanese chemical tanker came under fire in the Red Sea near Yemen Wednesday, but no one was injured and the ship remains operational, vessel owner Tokyo

Global Summary of Maritime Crime and Piracy, Week of 22 Sep 2011 (Source: ONI) gCaptain Note: Via our friends in West Africa, it’s certainly clear that

A recent pair of attacks in the Mozambique Channel spark fears that pirates may be moving further South than expected.  By David Rider, Neptune Maritime