International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas in the first nine months of 2020, with a 40 per cent ..
Tag: Benin
The Russian Embassy in Nigeria has confirmed that 13 sailors were abducted by pirates following an attack on a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Guinea on Friday, July 17. ..
A containership anchored in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin’s Port of Cotonou was boarded by pirates, who afterward kidnapped eight of the vessel’s crew, on ..
The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that seven Russian and six Ukrainian crewmembers who were kidnapped by pirates from a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Guinea ..
A group of armed men boarded a fishing vessel and abducted six of its 30-strong crew in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin on Wednesday, June 24. The attack on the ..
Separate pirate attacks on two commercial vessels in the Gulf of Guinea occurred within hours of each other on Thursday, March 5. In the first incident, the Greek-flagged ..
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the five South Korean nationals and one Ghanaian national who were kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of ..
The Nigerian Navy has confirmed that eight sailors who were kidnapped by pirates from a containership in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Benin in April 2020 have ..
Security consultancy firm Dryad Global confirms that pirates abducted nine crewmen from an oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin on Thursday, February 20. The ..
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