Top delegates for Dubai anti-piracy summitScores of high-ranking government ministers, security experts, the United Nations and industry leaders from around the world are expected to attend the UAE’s second anti-piracy conference to be held in Dubai next month. The second Internat More… |
Oil cargoes at risk from Somali piratesBetter equipped Somali pirates operating deep at sea threaten oil tankers in key waterways, and more naval firepower is 'desperately needed' to combat the growing risk, shipping groups warned. Seaborne gangs are making tens of mill More… |
Somali pirates hijack German shipSomali pirates have hijacked a German cargo ship called the Beluga Nomination, the ship's operators said on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Bremen-based Beluga Shipping did not give details regarding the ship's crew, country of registration or More… |
Pirates seize cargo ship off Oman coastSuspected Somali pirates have hijacked a merchant ship with 27 crew off the sultanate of Oman, the head of a regional maritime group and the European Union Naval Force of Somalia said on Saturday. Andrew Mwangura of the Kenyan-based East A More… |
Somali pirates hijack UAE cargo vesselSomali pirates hijacked a cargo vessel from the UAE yesterday after firing small arms and rocket propelled grenades at the ship, Europe’s anti-piracy mission said. The Orna was seized in the Indian Ocean around 400 nautical miles northeast More… |
Somali pirates seize Liberian container shipSomali pirates have seized the MV Panama, a Liberian-flagged container ship operated by a US-based company, with a crew of 23 all from Myanmar, the European Union naval force said. The ship was en route from Tanzania to the port of Beira i More… |
Somali pirates seize Liberian container shipSomali pirates have seized the MV Panama, a Liberian-flagged container ship operated by a US-based company, with a crew of 23 all from Myanmar, the European Union naval force said. The ship was en route from Tanzania to the port of Beira i More… |
Somali pirates seize Malaysian cargo vesselSomali pirates have hijacked a Malaysian-owned cargo vessel and its 23-strong crew 900 miles off Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy task force said on Monday. EU Navfor said the MV Albedo was seized in the early hours of Nov. 26 as More… |
Somali pirates seize Panama-flagged vesselSomali pirates hijacked a Panama-flagged cargo ship and its 24-strong crew in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce said. EU Navfor said a US warship had seen at least one person with a rocket-propel More… |
Somalis hijack India-bound Bulgarian shipSomali pirates hijacked a Bulgarian-flagged ship MV Panega in the Gulf of Aden as it headed to India, the European Union's naval force said. In a statement monitored in London, EU Navfor said the MV Panega, with 15 crew and a deadweigh More… |