A total of 82 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia were reported from January to December 2019, comprising 71 actual incidents and 11 attempted ..
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A pirate attack on a Nigerian-flagged dredger earlier this month has left four people dead, maritime security consultancy company Dryad Global has confirmed. Ambika, a ..
A group of armed men have kidnapped 20 crewmembers from an oil tanker as it was transiting the Gulf of Guinea in what has been described as the largest high seas ..
Despite overall piracy incidents declining in 2019, there was an alarming increase in crew kidnappings across the Gulf of Guinea, according to the International Chamber ..
A total of eight crewmembers of a chemical/oil tanker were abducted by a group of armed men off the Port of Limboh in Cameroon on Tuesday, December 31. The attack on the ..
A crewmember of a Greek-flagged crude oil tanker who had been abducted by pirates from his vessel in the waters off Togo early last month had died while still in ..
Elements of the Nigerian Navy have successfully rescued three crewmembers of a dredger who had been abducted by pirates earlier this month during a violent raid that left ..
One person was killed after an unidentified group of armed men attacked four vessels at the Port of Libreville in Gabon on the late evening (local time) of Saturday, ..
J. J. Ugland has confirmed that the captain and eight other crewmembers of one of its cargo vessels who had been abducted by pirates have been released to Nigerian ..
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