On Friday, a court in Mumbai sentenced the 15 alleged pirates from the Prantalay 14 hijacking to six months in prison plus time served. The Somali nationals were accused of taking control of the Prantalay, a Thai fishing boat, for use as a pirate mother ship.
News ID: 75422 Publish Date : 2017/08/06
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board, Somali authorities said on Tuesday, the first time a commercial ship has been seized in the region since 2012.
News ID: 73025 Publish Date : 2017/03/15
Nigerian pirates have released seven Russian and one Ukrainian sailors after they were captured last month on the cargo ship the BBC Caribbean, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a human rights activist in Crimea.
News ID: 72795 Publish Date : 2017/03/05
Three Russian crewmembers, who were kidnapped by pirates from the merchant vessel Saronic Breeze, were released on December 20, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation informed.
News ID: 71104 Publish Date : 2016/12/24
Three crewmembers, citizens of Russia, were taken from the merchant vessel Saronic Breeze after the ship was hijacked off the coast of Cotonou, Benin on November 27, according to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
News ID: 70680 Publish Date : 2016/12/05
A Maersk Line container vessel came under attack from Nigerian pirates on Saturday according to a report by a security broker.
News ID: 70463 Publish Date : 2016/11/21
The EU Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR) reported that a group of Somali pirates broke a years-long period of quiet in the region with an attack on a chemical tanker.
News ID: 70086 Publish Date : 2016/11/05
Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean, government officials and a maritime expert said on Saturday.
News ID: 69756 Publish Date : 2016/10/23
According to MANA international reporter, the Iranian Navy successfully thwarted a pirate attack on 2 Iranian merchant ships in the Gulf of Aden.
News ID: 69594 Publish Date : 2016/10/17
Pirates stormed a container ship off the coast of Guinea on Wednesday, making off with money and some of its cargo but leaving the crew unharmed, the government said.
News ID: 69166 Publish Date : 2016/09/26
The 2012-built general cargo vessel Vectis Osprey resumed its regular voyage after it was attacked by a group of pirates while sailing some 30 nautical miles off the coast of Bonny, Nigeria, on August 17.
News ID: 68343 Publish Date : 2016/08/21