Piracy

In a spectacular show of “I’m going to seriously ruin your world if you don’t comply,” the British Royal Marines embarked on HMS

Global Summary of Maritime Crime and Piracy, week of 13 October 2011 (source: ONI) NIGERIA: Vessel (JOAN CHOUEST) attacked by pirates on 17 October near

By Solomon Moore, Wall Street Journal NAIROBI—Kenyan helicopters launched airstrikes in neighboring Somalia on Wednesday, striking at bases of al

As world piracy hits a new high, more ships are escaping Somali pirates, says IMB report Piracy on the world’s seas has risen to record levels, with

Drone aircraft, officially called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are just starting to be used to spot, identify, scare pirates away, and prevent hostage

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