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Pirates attack ship off Bonny, as Spanish warship rescues another 

April 18, 2019
Jite Eriabie

Armed pirates have attacked a product tanker at anchorage off Nigeria, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB)…

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Armed pirates attack ship off Nigeria

April 17, 2019
Jite Eriabie

Armed pirates attacked an anchored product tanker off Nigeria on Monday, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB)…

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Pirates strike off Cameroon, kidnap 4 seafarers 

April 3, 2019
Jite Eriabie

Four crew members of a Liberia-flagged container vessel have been kidnapped by pirates off Cameroon. The…

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Pirates kill naval officer; kidnap 5 sailors in Niger Delta 

March 14, 2019
Ships & Ports

Armed pirates last weekend shot dead Nigerian Navy armed guard escorting an offshore support vessel and…

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Nigerians pirates responsible for Gulf of Guinea attacks, says London group 

March 8, 2019
Oluwatoyin Amao

Delegates at the 10th Chemical & Products Tanker Conference held in London on Tuesday and Wednesday…

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Pirates kidnap 3 sailors in Lome, target PIL ship off Nigeria 

March 6, 2019
Ships & Ports

Pirates struck again in the Gulf of Guinea on Sunday as they attacked a tanker ship…

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Pirates attack ship off Lome, kidnap 3 sailors

March 5, 2019
Ships & Ports

Pirates struck again in the Gulf of Guinea on Sunday as they attacked a tanker ship…

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Pirates release 6 seafarers kidnapped off Cotonou in Nigeria 

February 1, 2019
Jite Eriabie

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

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Niger Delta pirates open fire on ships

January 29, 2019
Ships & Ports

Armed pirates in the Niger Delta area attempted to attack two ships in two separate incidents…

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Pirates open talks with MSC over Russian sailors abducted off Cotonou 

January 18, 2019
Ships & Ports

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

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Somali region once riddled with pirates sees peaceful power transfer

January 14, 2019
Ships & Ports

By Abdiqani Hassan and Omar Mohammed A region of war-ravaged Somalia elected a new president on…

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Pirates kidnap MSC ship crew off Cotonou

January 5, 2019
Oluwatoyin Amao

The world’s second largest container carrier, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) on Thursday confirmed that one of…