Tag: Cotonou

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Maersk Reduces Ship Calls to Cotonou, Raising Questions for Nigeria-Bound Cargo

August 22, 2025
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  The Port of Cotonou, long regarded as a backdoor gateway for goods bound for Nigeria,…

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Nigerian pirates kidnap 6 crew off Cotonou

June 25, 2020
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  Suspected Nigerian pirates have kidnapped five Korean and a Ghanaian national from a fishing vessel,…

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Abductors free eight seafarers kidnapped in Cotonou 

May 28, 2020
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  The eight crew members of Tommi Ritscher containership, who were kidnapped by a group of…

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Abductors free eight seafarers kidnapped in Cotonou 

May 27, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The eight crew members of Tommi Ritscher containership, who were kidnapped by a group of…

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Pirates attack ship off Cotonou

March 6, 2020
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  Pirates have continued to render the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) unsafe for shipping activities as…

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10 seafarers kidnapped from tanker off Cotonou

February 21, 2020
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  No fewer than 10 crew members have been kidnapped from a crude oil tanker off…

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Filipino seafarer abducted off Cotonou is dead

December 17, 2019
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  Three of the four crew members of an oil tanker, Elka Aristotle, kidnapped off Lome…

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Kidnappers release 9 seafarers abducted off Cotonou 

December 11, 2019
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  The nine crew members that were kidnapped from MV Bonita off Cotonou, Benin Republic, early…

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Pirates kidnap 13 seafarers off Togo, Cotonou 

November 5, 2019
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  No fewer than 13 seafarers have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Cotonou,…

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Pirates release 6 seafarers kidnapped off Cotonou in Nigeria 

February 1, 2019
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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) on Thursday confirmed the release of six seafarers kidnapped off one of…

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Pirates open talks with MSC over Russian sailors abducted off Cotonou 

January 18, 2019
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Abductors of the six Russian sailors kidnapped off the coast of Cotonou, Benin Republic on January…

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MSC to negotiate release of crew kidnapped off Cotonou 

January 11, 2019
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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) said it is setting up a team to negotiate with the pirates…