2020 Annual Piracy Report
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Hijacking: Gulf of Aden
08.04.2017: 1310 UTC: Posn: 14:02N – 051:40E: 147nm SE off Al Mukalla, Gulf of Aden. While underway armed pirates in a skiff came alongside and boarded a tanker. The Master and crew stopped the engine…
BREAKING:Somalia – Ship Hijacked
Source:AP / DW.COM Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial vessel off the coast of Somalia and are holding its 11 sailors for ransom, according to a private marine security investigator. Dryad Maritime reported that the…
Yemen – Sea mines planted in Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Source: http://www.spa.gov.sa/viewstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1599049 Washington, 07 Jumada II,1438 AH, 06 March,2017 , SPA — The US Office of Naval Intelligence has warned commercial ships from the risks of sea mines planted by Al-Houthi militias in the Strait…
Piracy Report: ICC IMB 2016
Source: 2016-Annual-IMB-Piracy-Report
Somalia – Pirates release ARIS 13
Source: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/captain-of-ship-hijacked-by-somali-pirates-speaks-of-safe-release-1.3331906 Captain of ship hijacked by Somali pirates speaks of safe release Crew members wave from aboard the Aris 13 oil tanker, which was released by pirates after negotiations by officials and local elders, during…
Somalia – Piracy – A view from the Washington Post
Source: [Somali pirates just hijacked a commercial ship for the first time in five years] Everyone thought the Somali pirate threat had ended. Then a tanker was attacked. By Kevin Sieff March 15 Somali pirates hijack…
Somalia – EUNAVOR takes the eye off the ball – Pirates take ship
Source: BBC Hijackers holding an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia are demanding a ransom, the European Union anti-piracy naval force says. The EU force made contact with the ship’s master who said his…
Somalia: Somali Pirates Head to Court in Paris Over 2011 Hijacking of Sailing Yacht
Source: https://gcaptain.com/somali-pirates-head-to-court-in-paris-over-2011-hijacking-of-sailing-yacht/ Evelyne Colombo was rescued unharmed on Sept. 10, 2011 by a boarding team from the SPS GALICIA. Photo credit: EU NAVFOR PARIS, March 29 (Reuters) – Seven Somali men accused of hijacking a French…
Piracy: Hotspots Persist Worldwide Despite Reductions in Key Areas
Source: https://gcaptain.com/imb-piracy-hotspots-persist-worldwide-despite-reductions-in-key-areas File photo: Shutterstock/Rasti Sedlak (ICC International Maritime Bureau) – Piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite reductions in the number of ships hijacked…