Pirates attack Maersk ship 

Singapore-flagged containership Maersk Newbury was on Tuesday last week (October 2) boarded by pirates while transiting…

Niger Delta pirates kidnap 12 from Swiss cargo ship

Pirates kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss merchant vessel on Saturday in Nigerian waters, the…

Pirates attack tanker off West Africa

A product tanker was attacked by a group of armed pirates on Monday while at an…

Pirates abduct two crew members in Sulu-Celebes seas

Pirates armed with M16 rifles boarded the fishing trawler F/B Sri Dewi 1 while the vessel…

India approves death penalty for pirates 

India’s cabinet has approved a bill that will punish piracy at sea with death penalty or…

Pirates kidnap 12 seamen from Dutch ship off Nigeria

Suspected pirates kidnapped twelve crew members from a Dutch cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria on…

Armed pirates board ship off Bayelsa 

  A bulk carrier was chased down and boarded by pirates off Brass, Bayelsa State on…

Pirates attack Saudi tanker

By Agency Report  Houthi forces in Yemen reportedly attacked a Saudi tanker on Tuesday, west of the…

Pirates attack another ship in Bonny 

Pirates armed with guns boarded a product tanker approaching the Bonny Fairway Buoy on March 6,…

Pirates attack Ogbia, kill two

  Gunmen suspected to be pirates have invaded Ayama community in Ogbia Local Government Area of…

Pirates board Maersk ship

By Jite Eriabie   Pirates boarded the Singapore-flagged oil products tanker Maersk Maya while it was anchored…

120 Somali ‘pirates’ freed from India

Source: Middle East Monitor  The last batch of 120 Somalis touched down at Mogadishu’s international airport Monday after…