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Pirates board 37 ships, kidnap 22 seafarers in Q1

April 15, 2020
Jite Eriabie

  Pirates boarded 37 ships and kidnapped 22 seafarers in the first quarter of 2020, the…

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Pirates hijack boat with 12 in Rivers 

April 7, 2020
Ships & Ports

  No fewer than 12 passengers travelling from Port Harcourt to Bakana in Degema Local Government…

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Pirates defy coronavirus; kidnap 7 seafarers from MSC ship off Gabon 

March 24, 2020
Jite Eriabie

  Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea appear not to be deterred by the coronavirus disease…

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Pirates defy coronavirus; kidnap 7 seafarers from MSC ship off Gabon 

March 23, 2020
Jite Eriabie

  Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea appear not to be deterred by the coronavirus disease…

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Pirates attack ship off Cotonou

March 6, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Pirates have continued to render the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) unsafe for shipping activities as…

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Pirates board ship in Singapore Strait

March 6, 2020
Jite Eriabie

  Four perpetrators boarded the Philippine-flagged bulk carrier Western Seattle while the ship was en route…

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Pirates attack Maersk containership in Niger Delta

February 14, 2020
John Omoaka

  Pirates in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region today attacked a container vessel named Maersk Tema 200…

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Pirates attack two more vessels in Singapore Strait 

February 11, 2020
Jite Eriabie

  Two more ships have been hit by pirates in the eastbound lane of the Singapore…

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Pirates attack containership off Bayelsa

January 23, 2020
Ships & Ports

  A group of armed men fired upon a containership suspected to belong to the Mediterranean…

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Pirates attack containership off Bayelsa

January 22, 2020
Ships & Ports

  A group of armed men fired upon a containership suspected to belong to the Mediterranean…

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Pirates free 19 sailors kidnapped off Benin 

January 20, 2020
Ships & Ports

  19 crew members of the oil tanker Duke, who were kidnapped by pirates off Benin…

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Pirates kidnap 3 seafarers, kill 4 naval ratings on dredger off Nigeria

January 7, 2020
Ships & Ports

  Pirates off the coast of Nigeria have abducted three crew members from a dredger after…