A rising incidence of maritime crime with 48 criminal incidents reported in just the first quarter “poses real danger to the maritime industry,” warns UK-based maritime security security specialist MAST (Maritime Asset Security & Training).
News ID: 73833 Publish Date : 2017/05/09
The threat of Somali piracy has risen once again, with a new series of boardings and hijackings in the western Indian Ocean after a five-year lull. But even as another round of attacks begins, the last one is not yet fully resolved: Indian media report that more than 100 pirates who were arrested off the Horn of Africa in 2011 still have cases pending in the Indian judicial system.
News ID: 73652 Publish Date : 2017/04/29
Somali pirates are suspected of hijacking a bulk carrier ship, the head of a maritime security company said on Saturday, in the latest in a string of attacks after years of calm.
News ID: 73346 Publish Date : 2017/04/09
Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia and the vessel is heading toward the shore, a former government anti-piracy official told Reuters on Monday.
News ID: 73193 Publish Date : 2017/04/03
The pirates have released the ocean going dhow that was hijacked on March 23rd in the vicinity of Eyl, Somalia, the IMB piracy reporting centre confirmed.
News ID: 73153 Publish Date : 2017/03/29
The Somali pirates have hijacked another vessel off the coast of Somalia, a representative from Oceans Beyond Piracy confirmed to World Maritime News.
News ID: 73118 Publish Date : 2017/03/25
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