Piracy News

A merchant vessel was illegally boarded by armed personnel off Yemen on Wednesday, prompting a fresh security warning from the UK Maritime Trade Operations

The world’s busiest shipping lanes saw a dramatic surge in maritime piracy and armed robbery in 2025, with the Singapore Straits accounting for more than

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has safely sailed another ship through the southern part of the Red Sea, its second successful attempt after most shipping lines have

A merchant vessel successfully defended against a coordinated pirate attack in the Bab-el-Mandeb off the coast of Yemen early Friday morning, marking the

(Bloomberg) — Instability in Yemen and the Horn of Africa is fueling a resurgence in maritime piracy off Somalia, a cause for concern in one of the

The Singapore Straits, a vital maritime corridor handling approximately 30% of global trade, is experiencing an alarming rise in armed robbery incidents,

There were 95 piracy and armed robberies against ships in Asia from January to June this year, an 83% increase compared to the same period last year, according

The Nigerian Navy has arrested 76 vessels and at least 242 suspects in anti-oil theft operations, and destroyed more than 800 illegal refining sites during a

Major maritime industry associations have jointly released a comprehensive security guidebook aimed at protecting vessels and crews amid escalating global

By Christian Akorlie ACCRA, March 29 (Reuters) – Three Chinese nationals are missing from Ghanaian waters and believed to have been kidnapped after a

A crew member on a Singapore-registered chemical tanker was injured due to an "unauthorised boarding" of the vessel on Friday and is being medically evacuated,

Captain Avhilash Rawat had just finished dinner when an anti-ship ballistic missile smashed into his oil

By Abdiqani Hassan GAROWE, Somalia, March 18 (Reuters) – Somali police and international navies were preparing on Monday to attack a commercial

By Sudhi Ranjan Sen (Bloomberg) — Attacks on commercial shipping in the Arabian and Red Sea by pirates and Iran-backed Houthi rebels are likely to

The latest piracy report from ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed a rise in reported incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, as well as

By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Three bulk carriers were robbed in the Singapore Strait earlier this week, a

All six seafarers who were kidnapped from a Liberia-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea last month have been returned safely, the ship’s owner,

By Lisa Barrington DUBAI, April 24 (Reuters) – A private yacht with three Russians and two Egyptians on board has been reported missing in

By Shiyin Chen (Bloomberg) A Singapore-registered oil tanker that was boarded earlier this week by “unidentified persons” off the coast of Africa has been

A tanker has been boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, coming less than a month after the successful hijacking of the MT Monjasa Reformer. The Maritime