Nigerian Navy rescues 10 crew members from pirates 

The Nigerian Navy has recued no fewer than ten members of a ship named “Venus Bay”…

Armed pirates board tanker off Indonesia

By Jite Eriabie  Five pirates armed with knives boarded an oil tanker, identified as GP T2, on…

Niger Delta pirates attack containership, kidnap six 

Six crew members, including the captain, were kidnapped from the Liberian-flagged containership Demeter while the ship was…

Nigeria, Ghana sign MoU to wage war against sea pirates 

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has signed a four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…

Navy docks suspected pirates caught with arms, ammunition

The trial of seven suspected pirates who were caught with arms and ammunition resumed Tuesday at…

Indian bulker rescued from pirates 

By Jite Eriabie  Indian-flagged bulk carrier MV Jag Amar with 26 crew members on board was…

Pirates hijack passenger boat in Bayelsa

Barely 48 hours after launching an ambush that killed three passengers on Tuesday, gunmen suspected to be…

Pirates hijack passenger boat in Bayelsa

Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Thursday hijacked another passenger boat along Nembe-Brass waterways barely…

Pirates use AIS tracking app to identify ship to hijack

By Jite Eriabie  Malaysian authorities have come down hard on a gang that used the Automatic…

Pirates strike again, abduct five from ship in Calabar 

Five persons have been abducted from a merchant vessel in the vicinity of Parrot Island, Calabar,…

Six Somali pirates on death row in Yemen beg for help

By Jite Eriabie  Six alleged Somali pirates who are currently jailed inside a prison at the…

Malaysia foils tanker hijacking, arrests 10 pirates

By Jite Eriabie  Malaysian authorities thwarted the hijacking of a Thai oil tanker on Thursday and…