Pirates open talks with MSC over Russian sailors abducted off Cotonou 

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

Somali region once riddled with pirates sees peaceful power transfer

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

Pirates kidnap MSC ship crew off Cotonou

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

MSC ship attacked by pirates off Cotonou, another loses 270 containers in stormy weather 

Authorities in Germany and the Netherlands are continuing to respond to the loss of an estimated 270…

Crude oil tanker repels pirates in Arabian Sea

A number of pirate skiffs that surrounded a crude oil tanker in the latest incident reported…

Niger Delta pirates release crew kidnapped from ship in October

  The 11 crew kidnapped by pirates from a container ship off the coast of Nigeria…

Pirates approach tanker in the Gulf of Aden

Pirates attempted to board a Singapore-flagged tanker in the Gulf of Aden, Asian piracy watchdog ReCAAP…

Armed pirates attack LNG carrier off Bonny

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center on Monday said pirates in a speedboat chased…

Pirates kidnap four seafarers off Congo

Four crew members of a Singapore-flagged supply vessel were kidnapped on October 29, some 60 nautical miles…

Pirates open fire on LPG tanker off Congo

A group of armed pirates attacked an LPG tanker carrying out bunkering operations on Monday, 101…

Niger Delta pirates abduct container ship crew, release 12 taken from Swiss vessel 

    Massoel Shipping, a Swiss shipping company has said that 12 crew members of a…

Pirates kidnap crew members of container ship off Nigeria coast

  Poland’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said it was looking into the reported abduction of 11…