Tag: Navy, Russia, Sailors, Ships, Tribunal
Tribunal orders Russia to release Ukrainian Navy ships, sailors
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has ordered Russia to release three Ukrainian naval vessels and 24 servicemen on board detained last year. The...
Ete-Ibas: Smuggling, kidnapping of sailors threaten Nigeria’s economy
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas, on Wednesday in Abuja said smuggling and the kidnapping of seafarers for ransom are potent threats to...
Pirates attack ship in Bonny, kidnap six sailors
Sea pirates in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have kidnapped six sailors who were crew members of a Palau-flagged tanker ship at the Bonny Outer Anchorage, according to...
Niger Delta pirates kidnap six sailors
Sea pirates in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have kidnapped six sailors who were crew members of a Palau-flagged tanker ship, according to the International Maritime...
Ukraine appeals detention of vessels, 24 sailors by Russia
Ukraine has submitted an appeal to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) requesting Russia’s release of three detained Ukrainian Navy vessels...
Oil theft: Navy declares four sailors wanted
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday declared four sailors – Enikanologbon Happy, Arumona Daniel, Egbujie Kingsley Chinonso and Ogori Kenneth – wanted in connection with...
Pirates kill naval officer; kidnap 5 sailors in Niger Delta
Armed pirates last weekend shot dead Nigerian Navy armed guard escorting an offshore support vessel and kidnapped five crew members from the vessel in the latest pirate...
Pirates kidnap 3 sailors in Lome, target PIL ship off Nigeria
Pirates struck again in the Gulf of Guinea on Sunday as they attacked a tanker ship and kidnapped three Romanian sailors off Lome, Togo. This incident happened a few...
Pirates attack ship off Lome, kidnap 3 sailors
Pirates struck again in the Gulf of Guinea on Sunday as they attacked a tanker ship and kidnapped three Romanian sailors off Lome, Togo. The Romanian Free Trade Union of...
18 sailors evacuated from burning ship
18 crewmembers of a Belize-flagged general cargo vessel have been evacuated after their ship caught fire off Italy. No injuries have been reported. The 8,900 dwt ship,...
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 2 have contacted the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which owns...
Whereabouts of 6 sailors abducted off Cotonou still unknown
The whereabouts of six Russian sailors abducted by pirates off the coast of Cotonou, Benin Republic, are still unknown, Russian officials have said. The ship was...
