The number of kidnappings reported off the West African coast in the year through September is 40% higher than the...
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The West African coast has overtaken Southeast Asia as the worst area for piracy and kidnappings reported at sea last...
Coastal nations around the Singapore Strait must step up surveillance and patrols of the strategic waterway after a sharp rise...
Five Greeks, two Filipinos and a Ukrainian were abducted by unidentified assailants from the Greek-flagged tanker ‘Happy Lady’ while the...
Piracy has surged this year along Southeast Asia’s straits of Malacca and Singapore, one of the world’s busiest trade routes,...
An oil tanker was attacked on Sunday in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea and most of its crew were kidnapped,...
Pirates boarded a fully loaded supertanker off the coast of Nigeria, an act that is sure to ring alarm bells...
Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in the millions of dollars,...
Specialist marine insurance intermediary, Seacurus, has developed a petro-piracy endorsement which can be added to existing kidnap & ransom (KR)...
UK maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime, has issued a special advisory warning all of its shipping clients on the increased...