Two French warships, HPD Dixmunde and FF Coduing are leading a French maritime initiative with the…
Tag: piracy
Plunge in Gulf of Aden piracy incidents comes at a huge cost
The piracy-prone Gulf of Aden at the Horn of Africa has seen attacks decrease sharply over…
Buhari vows to fight piracy, sea robbery in Gulf of Guinea
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that security in the Gulf of Guinea, which is greatly…
False Piracy Alarm: Ships advised to maintain vigilance on Red Sea
Ships transiting the Red Sea have been cautioned to remain vigilant despite a reported piracy attack…
Merchant fleet remain on Red Sea alert despite piracy false alarm
Ships transiting the Red Sea have been cautioned to remain vigilant despite a reported piracy attack…
Nigeria backs regional framework to fight piracy
Nigeria has expressed its support for any regional initiative geared towards eliminating the scourge of piracy…
Gulf of Guinea piracy has become more sophisticated – Report
The Gulf of Guinea is the most dangerous region in the world for seafarers, according to…
Three southeast Asian nations to designate shipping corridor in piracy battle
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines agreed to designate a transit corridor for commercial vessels crossing a…
Nigeria spends $370m to combat piracy
Nigeria’s maritime industry in 2015 spent about $370m to combat piracy and provide security services, a…
U.S. says Nigeria loses $1.5bn monthly to robbery, piracy at sea
Nigeria is losing about 1.5 billion dollars a month to piracy, armed robbery at sea, smuggling,…
Piracy embers still aglow in Somalia
By Charlie Bartlett from London Until relatively recently, Somali pirates were the scourge of East-West trade, operating in a…
Piracy: Navy hands over vessel to InterPol
The Nigerian Navy has handed over a vessel, MT Itiri, suspected to have aided piracy off Pennington…