Convicted Pirate Gets Another Three Years in Prison for 2017 Attack

Published Jun 30, 2025 10:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

A convicted pirate leader has had another three years added onto his sentence for a kidnapping in the Gulf of Guinea in...

Report of "Hijacked" Tanker Near Strait of Hormuz Was False

Published May 20, 2025 9:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

[Update: Ambrey retracted its report on Wednesday, calling it a "false hijack distress call" from&nb...

Published May 6, 2025 11:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Police in Ghana have arrested four people in connection with the kidnapping of Chinese crewmembers from a Ghanaian-regis...

Published Feb 10, 2025 10:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) finds itself under fire again over its vetting standards, this time for allegedly o...

Published Jan 14, 2025 2:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

Piracy at sea is less common than it used to be, according to the ICC's International Maritime Bureau, but the risk...

Published Nov 14, 2024 6:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

A Nigerian pirate who was convicted and sentenced for hijacking a Dutch freighter has been charged again in connection w...

Published Nov 14, 2024 3:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two Somali pirate leaders have been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for their role in kidnapping and holding an...

Published Aug 15, 2024 1:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Private maritime security guards play an important role in defending merchant ships from Houthi rebel attacks in the Red...

Published Jul 23, 2024 1:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

A team of private maritime security contractors aboard a merchant ship recently shot and destroyed a Houthi suicide drone boat as...

Published Jul 8, 2024 7:13 PM by Simon O. Williams

The world’s main shipping artery is under persis...