A chemical oil tanker foiled a hijack attempt by pirates near the Omani port of Salalah on Sunday, a day after a tanker and crew were snatched from inside the port in front of the coast guard. “Pirates in a …
Pirates released a Greek-owned, Liberia-flagged tanker they had seized on Saturday 12.5 miles [20 kms] off the coast of Benin, and all the crew were safe, the vessel’s manager said on Monday. The 11,520 deadweight tonnage vessel Aegean Star, which …
Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) into a fuel oil tanker near the Yemeni port of Aden on Wednesday morning, but the vessel and its cargo were recovered, the ship manager said. The 26 crew members on board the Brillante …
Somali pirates hijacked a Singapore-owned product tanker about 180 miles [290 kms] off the coast of Kenya, said port officials and the EU’s anti-piracy taskforce on Monday. The 21,000-ton vessel MV Gemini, operated by Singapore-based Glory Ship Management, was seized …
Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned, Cyprus-flagged ship they seized in January after receiving a ransom payment, the pirates and a piracy monitoring group said. The pirates said they had released MV Eagle, a 52,163 deadweight ton merchant vessel and …
A leading Norwegian shipowner called on tanker operators to boycott the Suez Canal which he said would force global powers to intervene in Somalia to crush piracy by forcing up oil and commodity prices. The call, which has yet to …
NATO says that a Danish warship has freed a hijacked fishing vessel and arrested 16 suspected Somali pirates. Sunday’s press release says the HDMS Esbern Snare stopped a suspicious vessel with two skiffs on deck. The warship fired warning shots …
Installing sharpshooters on oil tankers to fight off pirates as some shippers have suggested risks provoking more aggressive attacks, a senior executive at reinsurer Munich Re warned. Shipping firms are debating adding snipers and other armed teams costing up to …
Suspected Somali pirates captured a U.S.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million worth of crude oil in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday in one of the biggest hijackings in the area so far. The Irene SL, the length of three soccer …
Pirates using guns and rocket propelled grenades hijacked an Italian oil tanker in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, Italian Navy and European Union officials said, adding the medium-sized ship was heading towards Somalia. “It is heading west, in the direction …
