Tag: Benin, kidnapped, pirates, Sailors, sailors kidnapped
Pirates free 19 sailors kidnapped off Benin
19 crew members of the oil tanker Duke, who were kidnapped by pirates off Benin Republic in mid-December 2019, have been released while one seafarer died in...
Sailors missing as tanker collides with fishing vessel
Three sailors are reported to be missing following a collision between a Russian-flagged tanker Glard 2 and a Turkish-flagged fishing vessel Dursun Ali Coskun...
8 sailors abducted on Greek tanker off Cameroon
Eight crew members were abducted and one injured during an armed raid overnight on a Greek-registered tanker anchored off Cameroon, Greek authorities said on...
8 sailors abducted on Greek tanker off Cameroon
Eight crew members were abducted and one injured during an armed raid overnight on a Greek-registered tanker anchored off Cameroon, Greek authorities said on...
Japan to send 270 sailors to Middle East to guard ships
Japan is working on a plan to send about 270 seamen to the Middle East to guard ships supplying Japan under a law that allows military deployments for research and...
Nigerian Navy arrests 57 sailors, seizes vessels for oil smuggling
No fewer than 57 sailors have been arrested in Rivers State by the Nigerian Navy for allegedly smuggling crude oil and illegally refining diesel. The sailors, including...
Turkey: We’re working with Nigeria, Ghana to free abducted sailors
The Turkish government says it is taking measures with Ghana and Nigeria to secure release of its citizens kidnapped by pirates suspected to be Niger Delta militants. A...
Turkey says it’s working with Nigeria, Ghana to free abducted sailors
The Turkish government says it is taking measures with Ghana and Nigeria to secure release of its citizens kidnapped by pirates suspected to be Niger Delta militants. A...
14 Russian sailors killed in submarine accident
No fewer than 14 Russian sailors were killed when a fire broke out while their deep-water research submarine was carrying out a survey of the sea floor near the Arctic,...
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...
