Pirates

Despite technological advances in vessel tracking and detection, a 6,000 dwt bunkering tanker believed to be boarded by pirates is still missing after four days, illustrating the persistent…

The number of incidents of piracy report to the International Maritime Bureau  (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) fell again in 2022, despite a rise in incidents in Southeast Asia. IMB…

Troops of Operation DELTA SAFE said it has arrested two high profile sea pirates who are allegedly specialists in attacks on oil vessels, kidnapping of expatriates and illegal oil bunkering…

Sea pirates attacks on fishing  trawlers  in Nigerian territorial waters have been said to have drastically reduced due to constant patrol of naval personnel along the coastal A…

A suspected Nigerian pirate captured by the Danish Navy in the Gulf of Guinea in November and brought to Denmark for prosecution appeared in court in Copenhagen on Friday charged with the…

The Nigerian Navy has handed over the 10 pirates convicted by Federal High Court Ikoyi for the hijack of FV HAILUFENG II to the Nigeria Correctional Service, Kirikiri, Lagos. …

The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has condemned in very strong terms the kidnap on Monday of eight Nigerians, five of…

Sea pirates have again boarded two vessels in the Singapore strait even as has the Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against piracy and armed robbery in…

Ship owners have been advised to stop attempting to perform crew changes in northern Mozambique while seafarers are at risk of attack or kidnapping by violent terrorist groups operating in…

Authorities in Panama has joined maritime institutions, companies, organizations and flag states in signing the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy (SOP). …