Tag: piracy

News

Mounting piracy off Gulf of Guinea unsettles tanker owners

November 18, 2020
Jite Eriabie

  The calm waters of the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa have seen piracy rise…

TOP STORIES

Shipowners urge Navy to intensify patrol against piracy in Gulf of Guinea

November 3, 2020
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  Indigenous shipowners have expressed concern over recent warnings of increase in attacks in the Gulf…

TOP STORIES

Niger Delta: Navy deploys warships, gunboats to fight piracy, oil theft 

September 24, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The Nigerian Navy has deployed troops on board six warships and 60 gunboats in a…

News

Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia

September 12, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Despite the coronavirus pandemic, piracy and other crimes have surged in Asian waters in the…

News

Mauritius jails Wakashio Captain under piracy and violence law 

August 20, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Captain Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, master of the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that ran aground on…

TOP STORIES

Piracy, armed robbery incidents double in Asia 

July 17, 2020
Jite Eriabie

  The number of attacks on ships in the key waterway of the Singapore Straits doubled…

News

U.S. warns of piracy risk in Gulf of Mexico

June 19, 2020
Ships & Ports

  The U.S. government on Wednesday issued a warning about the threat posed by pirates to…

News

IMO Secretary-General speaks on piracy in Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea

June 12, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Kitack Lim, has welcomed the latest initiatives to…

News

IMO Secretary-General speaks on piracy in Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea

June 11, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Kitack Lim, has welcomed the latest initiatives to…

TOP STORIES

IMO commends NIMASA, Navy on fight against piracy 

June 10, 2020
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has commended Nigeria’s effort to stem piracy in its waters…

TOP STORIES

Piracy: Nigeria hands over seized vessel, crew to Ghana

June 8, 2020
Shulammite 'Foyeku

  The Nigerian government has handed over the fishing vessel Marine 707 suspected to be carrying…

Reports TOP STORIES

Year 2020 and the battle against piracy on Nigeria’s waters

February 26, 2020
Enyeribe Anyanwu

  Maritime stakeholders and Nigerians who are worried about the state of insecurity of the nation’s…