A product tanker was attacked by a group of armed pirates on Monday while at an anchorage off the coast of Guinea in West Africa. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre reported the tanker was at anchor at the Conakry Anchorage when it was boarded by four armed robbers after midnight on September 17. During the attack, the pirates fired at the bridge windows and … [Read more...]
Missing Tanker Docks in Togo After Suspected Hijacking
By Marta Ardashelia TBILISI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A tanker with 19 crew members on board has docked at a port in Togo after going missing for over a week in a suspected hijacking off the West African coast, the crew's agency said on Friday. The Ialkani agency and the ship's managers lost communication with the Panama-registered Pantelena on Aug. 14, when it was about 17 … [Read more...]
Piracy Feared as Chemical Tanker Goes Missing in Gulf of Guinea
By Angus MacSwan DAKAR, Aug 22 (Reuters) - A tanker vessel with 19 crew members on board, most of them Georgians, has gone missing in pirate-plagued waters off Gabon in West Africa and no word has been heard from it for a week, the ship's managers and the crew agency said on Wednesday. Communication was lost with the Panama-registered Pantelena at about 2 a.m. local time … [Read more...]
Shell Says Nigeria Attacks Persist Even as Oil Output Recovers
By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s oil wells may be flowing again, but the country’s largest operator says attacks continue to put a brake on output. “Security in parts of the Niger delta remains a major concern with persisting incidents of criminality, kidnapping and vandalism as well as onshore and offshore piracy,” said Igo Weli, general manager for external … [Read more...]
Pirates Release FWN Rapide Crew Members Kidnapped Off Nigeria
Pirates have released eleven hostages kidnapped from a Dutch cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month. Their release was confirmed Wednesday by ship manager ForestWave. The hostages were crew members of the FWN Rapide, which was attacked by pirates April 21 as it was nearing Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Two additional crew members escaped … [Read more...]