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…
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…
File photo shows an EU Naval Force warship escorting a World Food Programme (WFP) chartered vessel in the Gulf of Aden in May 2013. Photo: EU Navfor London and Kuala Lumpur, 25 July 2016 –…
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: 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:https://gcaptain.com/israel-to-use-new-sea-borne-missile-defense-to-guard-offshore-gas-fields A screen-shot taken from Israel Defence Forces (IDF) handout video footage received on May 18, 2016, shows a test-firing of a version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile interceptor. Handout via REUTERS. JERUSALEM, May 18…
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-militants Gunmen seized four Malaysian crew of a tugboat off the coast of the eastern state of Sabah, a week after a similar attack on a Taiwanese tugboat in the southern Philippines, media reported on…
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: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/world/middleeast/yemen-us-seizes-weapons-at-sea.html American Navy ships in the Arabian Sea intercepted and seized an arms shipment from Iran likely bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen, the military said in a statement on Monday. The weapons seized last…
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…