Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37257236 “The first thing they ask you is if you have an AK-47 – and if you can swim,” says Abdirizak Ahmed. That, he says, is what pirate networks want of their new recruits. Mr…
Read Dryad Maritime’s Q1 2016 Maritime Crime Figures Press Release April 13, 2016 Maritime Crime in South East Asia Drops to Lowest Levels for a Decade While Kidnap, Ransom and Sabotage Surge in Gulf of…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/owner-of-mystery-oil-tanker-comes-forward-shedding-light-on-abandoned-ship Tamaya 1 washed up along the coast of Liberia. Authorities in Liberia have located the Nigerian owner of the mystery ghost ship that washed up without explanation along Liberia’s coast earlier this month. The…
source: A EU NAVFOR boarding team in the Gulf of Aden. File photo credit: EU NAVFOR Another attempted boarding of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden shows that pirates are still active in…
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36016071 Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria kidnapping six of the crew, says the Nigerian navy. The ship carrying chemicals was believed to be travelling from Gabon to Ivory…
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…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/pirates-release-kidnapped-bourbon-crew-off-nigeria/ Bourbon Liberty 251. Photo credit: MarineTraffic.com/ French oil services company Bourbon Offshore has confirmed that two crew members kidnapped from their vessel off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released. The company…
Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/22/the-associated-press-nigerian-navy-rescues-hijacked-oil-tanker-1-pirate-killed.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian sailors rescued a hijacked oil tanker in a dramatic night-time rescue in which they killed one pirate, the Nigerian navy announced as it escorted the ship into Lagos…
Source: https://gcaptain.com/bourbon-crew-kidnapped-off-nigeria Bourbon Liberty 251. Photo credit: MarineTraffic.com/Maxim B Offshore vessel owner Bourbon Offshore has confirmed the abduction of two of its crew members from their vessel off Nigeria. The company says its vessel Bourbon Liberty 251 come…
Executive Summary This global report on maritime piracy has identified several important trends related to maritime security. Based on a refined and detailed analysis of primarily data from International Maritime Organization (IMO) Global Integrated Shipping…