A pirate attack that killed a supertanker crewman off the coast of Nigeria this week has highlighted a growing threat...
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Cash-strapped maritime security firms are being forced to use fewer costly elite guards and to diversify into other businesses such...
Hijackings of small oil tankers by armed gangs are increasing in Southeast Asia, home to the shortest sea-trade route between...
Pirates released a Vietnamese oil tanker and its 18 crew members yesterday after siphoning part of its diesel cargo, according...
A Vietnamese oil tanker missing for five days may have been hijacked after sailing from Singapore last week, say maritime...
A bulletin from Dryad Maritime Intelligence confirms the first piracy attack of 2014, which it described as “audacious and determined,”...
Kidnappings of sailors on merchant ships in waters off Nigeria and nearby countries surged in the first half as pirates...
Pirate attacks off West Africa’s mineral-rich Gulf of Guinea have almost doubled from last year and threaten to increase the...
The number of ships signaling attacks by Somali pirates has fallen this year to its lowest since 2009, according to...
Tougher action by international navies and the use of private armed guards on ships have more than halved the number...