Piracy News
IMB Calls for Vigilance While Highlighting Drop in Piracy in 2022
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is once again highlighting the continuing decline in global piracy incidents against v...
Read More >>Encrypting Vessel ID Data Can Thwart Maritime Piracy
The regulations the International Maritime Organization (IMO) issued in the wake of 9/11 regarding ship location and identificatio...
Read More >>EU Extends Naval Operation Combating Piracy off Somalia Through 2024
The European Union has decided to extend its Naval Force Operation Atalanta off the coast of Africa for two years despite the remo...
Read More >>Cameroon Adopts Maritime Security Law to Fight Gulf of Guinea Piracy
Almost six months after the UN Security Council adopted a text compelling Gulf of Guinea countries to criminalize piracy and...
Read More >>Armed Pirates Rob Two Offshore Vessels in Bay of Campeche
The offshore oil and gas sector in Mexico's Bay of Campeche is a longtime hotspot for armed robbery, often linked to organized...
Read More >>Tanker Fired on During New Gulf of Guinea Incident
A new incident was reported earlier today in the Gulf of Guinea involving a laden oil tanker serving as a fresh reminder that whil...
Read More >>Why Are Gulf of Guinea Pirates Shifting to Illegal Oil Bunkering?
One week after the UN Security Council (UNSC) noted the changing dynamics of piracy in Gulf of Guinea (GoG), a new report attempts...
Read More >>Photos: U.S. Navy Seizes 50 Tons of Ammunition in the Gulf of Oman
The U.S. Navy announced on Saturday that naval forces in the Middle East had intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50...
Read More >>Nigerian Pirate Guilty of Causing Danger to Danish Soldiers
The Copenhagen City Court has found a Nigerian man guilty of causing danger a year ago to Danish soldiers deployed in the Gulf of...
Read More >>Italian Navy Assists Disabled Tanker After Pirates Steal Cargo
The Italian Navy is assisting the South Korean product tanker B. Ocean that was robbed and left disabled by pirates last week in t...
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