Piracy

By Major Bryan Abell, USMCR I am not an expert on maritime piracy, nor am I an expert on West Africa. So seven months ago when our Stanford team

On Saturday April 26, the master of a dhow gave a sigh of relief after 6 armed pirates, who had taken his vessel and crew hostage, fled the scene after

Worldwide piracy incidents have fallen to their lowest level in seven years, but don’t go raising any victory flags just

By Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah and Keith Wallis KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters) – Armed pirates raided an oil tanker off the coast of Malaysia and

Dryad Maritime, the UK-based maritime intelligence firm reports 41 seafarers were taken hostage during the first quarter of 2014 in a report released today.

Surrounded by rolling cornfields, Sidney, Illinois is a sleepy midwestern town with a population hovering just above 1,000. Captain Wren Thomas III grew up on

The German Navy has released new video showing the 5 April 2010 hijacking of the German containership MV Taipan by pirates some 500 miles off the Somali coast.

AdvanFort, the US-based maritime security firm owned by Palestinian businessman Samir Farajallah and run by his son Ahmed, withdrew today from the Security

Ships in the Red Sea and areas of the Gulf of Aden are on high alert for pirate activity following suspicious approaches this week on two tankers in three

A Libyan rebel leader accused the United States on Tuesday of behaving like pirates after U.S. naval forces seized an oil-laden tanker that had sailed from a

Over the past few years, much of the news surrounding piracy at sea has been focused on the highly publicized attacks off Africa, however in many other parts

Lewek Ebony, an anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessel owned by EMAS – the Singapore-based offshore and subsea contractor, was chased last night by

As Dryad Maritime Intelligence warned of an increased danger of attacks and kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea on Friday, another supply boat had just been

Dryad Maritime, a UK-based maritime intelligence firm which has kept a close watch on the development of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea in recent years, issued a

While piracy has dominated the headlines in recent years, maritime security in Africa entails many other aspects. Illegal fishing, smuggling and human

The blockbuster film "Captain Phillips" up for a total of 6 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for the first-time Somali actor

LUANDA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - An oil tanker hijacked for a week off Angola in January has been returned to the country's authorities, a board member at state oil

By Jessica Knight, Nigeria and its coastal neighbors face a grave security problem in the form of rising maritime crime and militancy in the Gulf of Guinea –

Talk about being in the right place, at the right

NATO warned India on Wednesday that using anti-terrorism legislation to try two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen would undermine international