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MANILA, June 20 (Reuters) – Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines on Monday agreed to designate a transit corridor for commercial vessels crossing a

Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in the region, at least off the coast of Yemen. The

By Budi Satriawan YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, May 5 (Reuters) – Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines agreed on Thursday to conduct coordinated maritime

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) – Pirate gangs in West Africa are switching to kidnapping sailors and demanding ransom rather than stealing oil

While piracy on the high seas continues to fall across most of the globe, International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center is highlight growing

The United Nations Security Council has called for a comprehensive regional framework to eradicate piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea,

ISTANBUL, April 26 (Reuters) – Six Turkish members of a cargo ship’s crew who were kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria two weeks ago have

By Fergus Jensen and Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA, April 21 (Reuters) – Indonesia fears piracy on a shipping route along its sea border with the Philippines

[su_pullquote] Long gone are the days of eye patches and peg legs. Long gone are the days of sail, grappling hooks, and one shot pistols. Long gone are the

By Bernadette Christina Munthe JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) – Authorities from at least two Indonesian coal ports have blocked ships from leaving to the

Pirates have kidnapped four crew from an Indonesian tug and barge in international waters between Malaysia and the Philippines, the Indonesian Ministry of

Another brazen attack off Nigeria as pirates board and kidnap two crew members from a containership underway. The ship has been identified as the

Despite a global reduction of piracy across international waters during the first three months of 2016, piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, including kidnappings for

By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS, April 11 (Reuters) – Six Turkish members of a cargo ship’s crew have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of

Four crew members kidnapped from a chemical tanker earlier this month off the coast of Nigeria have been released in good health, the International Maritime

ABUJA, March 16 (Reuters) – Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea signed an agreement to establish combined patrols to bolster security in the Gulf of Guinea,

Written by Joshua Nash, SafeGuard Armor The threat of Piracy is a serious one for many countries, and one that has been taken increasingly seriously. From

By Divine Ramzi (Bloomberg) — Piracy in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea has declined as the price of oil plunged to the lowest level since 2002. While

By Tony Tamuno and Paul Wallace (Bloomberg) — Nigeria’s navy foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack a container ship operated by A.P. Moeller-Maersk

(ICC International Maritime Bureau) – Piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite reductions