Officials establish contact with 20 Indian sailors abducted off Benin 

  The Indian High Commission to Nigeria says contact has been established with pirates who kidnapped…

Pirates kidnap 20 Indians, spare Nigerian seafarer off Togo

  No fewer than 20 Indian nationals who were crew members of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil…

Filipino seafarer abducted off Cotonou is dead

  Three of the four crew members of an oil tanker, Elka Aristotle, kidnapped off Lome…

Asia records 8 piracy incidents in November — ReCAAP 

A total of eight incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia in November 2019, according…

Asia records 8 piracy incidents in November — ReCAAP 

A total of eight incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia in November 2019, according…

Pirates strike near Egina, kidnap 19 seafarers 

  No fewer than 19 seafarers working as the crew members of a supertanker named Nave Constellation sailing…

Maersk to lay off workers 

  Danish shipping giant Maersk has confirmed that it would be reducing the number of employees…

ITF demands urgent action to curb Gulf of Guinea piracy 

  The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has called for urgent global and regional cooperation to…

Maersk’s Chief Operating Officer quits 

  The Chief Operating Officer of A.P. Møller–Mærsk, Soren Toft has resigned from the role and…

Nigeria records 29 piracy attacks in third quarter 

  No fewer than 29 incidents of piracy attacks were reported in Nigeria’s waters in the…

Labinjo found dead in U.S. during boat party 

A Nigerian, named Oluwafemi ‘Arthur’ Labinjo, 30, went missing while boat-hopping at the annual Chicago Scene…

IOM: Ethiopian migrants die of thirst, hunger in smugglers’ boat

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said no fewer than 15 Ethiopians died after the boat…