IMB: Global Piracy Reached a 28-Year Low in 2021

Published Jan 13, 2022 7:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks reached the lowest recorded level since 1994, according to the newly released annual rep...

Bimco: W. African Nations Should Prosecute Captured Pirates

Published Jan 7, 2022 3:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

Responding to the release by Danish prosecutors of three Nigerians accused of acts of piracy against commercial shipping, Bimco re...

Published Jan 6, 2022 9:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Danish frigate Esbern Snare has provided three captured pirates with a free rubber dinghy and an outboard so that they can ret...

Published Dec 30, 2021 6:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

As if to prove that the scourge of piracy is far from over despite the reports of the significant decrease in the Gulf of Guinea r...

Published Dec 29, 2021 7:16 PM by Francois Morizur

Global piracy in 2021 is at its lowest level since 1994. Moreover, this level is achieved with the inclusion of many incidents tha...

Published Dec 20, 2021 6:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nigerian authorities are seeking to highlight the decline of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea as they work to rehabilitate the reputat...

Published Dec 13, 2021 7:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

After a seeming lull in attacks of merchant ships in the Gulf of Guinea with the increased international presence in the region, a...

Published Dec 10, 2021 4:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.N. Security Council appears to be preparing to officially bring to a close the more than a decade’s long mission for i...

Published Dec 9, 2021 8:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

Danish prosecutors are looking for options to bring four captured pirates from the Gulf of Guinea to Denmark to face justice,...

Published Dec 6, 2021 3:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United Nations has adopted a resolution for continuous vigilance against threats of maritime piracy and armed robbery on the c...