Pirates hijack Iraqi ship stranded off Iranian coast

  Pirates have hijacked an Iraqi ship that was stranded outside the country’s waters and took…

Pirates kidnap 15 crew members from chemical tanker off Benin

  A 2016-built chemical tanker was boarded by pirates off Cotonou, Benin on Thursday with 15…

Pirates kidnap 15 crew members from chemical tanker off Benin

  A 2016-built chemical tanker was boarded by pirates off Cotonou, Benin on Thursday with 15…

Pirates free 15 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria

  Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped on cargo ship MV Mozart by pirates last month in the…

Pirates free 15 Turkish sailors kidnapped off Nigeria

  Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea have been…

Pirates board cargo ship off Ghana

  An ultramax bulker named Rowayton Eagle has been boarded by a group of pirates some…

Pirates board bulk carrier off Accra

  Pirates have boarded a bulk carrier, MV ROWAYTON EAGLE, 200nm off the coast of Accra,…

Nigerian pirates free six Ukrainian sailors, two others

  Six Ukrainian sailors captured by Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on December 16,…

Pirates kill one, kidnap 15 in violent attack off Nigeria

  Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from the Turkish container ship M/V Mozart in…

Pirates target Maersk ship in Gulf of Guinea

  A Post-Panamax containership operated by Danish shipping giant Maersk has come under an attempted piracy…

Pirates attack boats, 2 die, many missing in Rivers

  Two passengers were killed in a pirate attack on two commercial boats around Dema Abbey…

Pirates kidnap 8 seafarers off Nigeria’s coast

  Pirates have kidnapped eight crew members of the Cameroon-flagged cargo ship, STEVIA, 28 nautical miles…