Insurance

  • Vessel attacked in BAM

    RPG fired at merchant ship in busy choke point. Vessel attacked in BAM Update: Teekay and UKMTO have now both released statements to deny that a RPG was fired at […]

  • EU/Libya training to go ahead

    Libyan Navy spokesman denies attack. EU to continue Libyan coast guard training after attack on migrants By Benjamin Wafula The European Union will go ahead with training for the Libyan […]

  • India, Sri Lanka and Maldives drill

    Exercise will focus on various elements including anti-piracy work. Sri Lanka, India, Maldives To Begin Sea Exercise COLOMBO:  Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives will begin a four-day Coast Guard […]

  • Crew kidnap, ASG suspected

    Abu Sayyaf Group believed to be behind attack. Korean abducted in first Philippines cargo ship raid MANILA: Suspected Islamist militants kidnapped the captain of a South Korean cargo ship in […]

  • Pirates free Naham 3 crew

    Somali pirates’ hostages ‘ate rats’ to survive A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor […]

  • Piracy falling…ish

    Reported incidents dropping. Shipping crimes drop in Nigeria, others By Sulaimon Salau There is apparently a positive outlook in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and other […]

  • Iran ensuring safety…

    Irony alert… Iran ensures safety of oil tankers in Persian Gulf: Shamkhani A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic’s military presence in the Persian Gulf ensures the safety of oil […]

  • Air Force bombs Delta barges

    Air Force steps up attacks on illegal refineries and bunkers. Niger Delta: Air Force bombs more sets of illegal barges From: Kingsley omonobi-Abuja. In continuation of the battle by the […]

  • UN reports on Somali pirate hostages

    The report notes that a Kenyan is the only Somali pirate hostage to have been freed so far in 2016. Somalia: Somali Pirates Holding Five Kenyans, 39 Seafarers for Ransom, […]

  • Pirate fishing returns to Indo

    Illegal fishing heads back to Indonesia. Foreign poachers return to Indonesian waters Haeril Halim After almost two months of plain sailing, patrol authorities have again found foreign boats encroaching the […]