Piracy

An oil tanker with 23 crew members hijacked earlier this month off the coast of West Africa has been released according to report by the Associated Press. 

Details of Weekly Incidents By Region – Via U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence WEST AFRICA TOGO: Bulk carrier experienced an attempted boarding on 16

Pirates set a cargo ship ablaze yesterday after an unsuccessful hijacking attempt. The International Maritime Bureau reports that pirates aboard two skiffs

A former US Navy SEAL was reported to have been arrested by Mozambique officials yesterday for illegal weapons possession while attempting to free a vessel

The Washington Post brings us the following story of the naval intelligence behind the 2009 Maersk Alabama pirate incident and the counterpiracy

Summary of Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy (Source: ONI)   BENIN: Product tanker (MATTHEOS I) hijacked on 14 September at 0121 UTC during  ship-to-ship

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

A “Round Table” of international shipping associations including ICS, BIMCO, INTERTANKO and INTERCARGO has urged the UN to establish a “UN

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

Early on the morning of 8 September, the Merchant Vessel (MV) OLIB G, flagged Malta, was pirated in the East part of the Gulf of Aden. After report from

Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary, week of 1 September 2011 (source: ONI) For the first time since we started publishing this report, there are: NO

Classification society ABS says it is creating a pocket-sized quick reference guide to be used by ships’ crews when transiting high risk areas for

New Jersey Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R) this week introduced a bill to Congress aimed at clearly defining U.S. policy on the surpression of piracy on the high seas

The Security Council this week voiced concern over increasing incidents of maritime piracy, armed robbery and reports of hostage-taking in the Gulf of Guinea,

Summaries of worldwide maritime crime developments and incidents that occurred in week ending August 31 – Via Maritime OPINTEL Report NIGERIA: Passenger

One of the arguments made against arming merchant ships as defense against pirates is the claimed threat that doing so will merely escalate the violence

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

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

The fourth edition of the shipping industry’s Best Management Practices for Protection against Somali Based Piracy (BMP4) has been released.  Supported

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