Tag: Gulf of Guinea

  • French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed

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    A French-owned ship seized by pirates off Ivory Coast on Sunday has been freed, the vessel’s owner has said. French-owned tanker seized off Ivory Coast freed A French-owned ship seized […]

  • Exercise Obangame Express 2013

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    Exercise Obangame Express 2013 brings 15 nations together with the goal of increasing counter-piracy capabilities of nations in the Gulf of Guinea through knowledge sharing. Cameroon hosts international navies to […]

  • New EU initiative to combat piracy

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    A new project which will boost security and the safety of maritime routes across seven African countries in the Gulf of Guinea was announced today. New EU initiative to combat […]

  • Pirate Horizons in the Gulf of Guinea

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    This article is the second installment of a three part series on the evolution of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The initial background piece can be found here, while […]

  • The Gulf of Guinea: The New Danger Zone

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    Rising piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which supplies around 40 per cent of Europe’s oil and 29 per cent of the U.S.’s, demands effective regional security cooperation and better […]

  • Defining piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

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    This article examines how piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is different from that off Somalia, and how this effects how it should be tackled. WEST AFRICA: Defining piracy in […]

  • Gulf of Guinea Piracy Plus

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    Specialist insurance business Beazley has launched a new product, called piracy plus,  in response to the recent increase in hijackings in the Gulf of Guinea. Specialist piracy cover launched for […]

  • Splash & Grab – Oil Theft Blights Gulf of Guinea

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    Dryad Maritime, the UK-based specialist in maritime intelligence, has completed an analysis of a specific type of maritime crime that poses a risk to shipping in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa. […]

  • Tackling Maritime Security Challenges

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    For two days, stakeholders in the maritime sector gathered at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, near Kaduna to proffer solution to the security challenges in the […]

  • Double Tanker Hijacking

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    Two tankers have been hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea in the past four days as piracy off the West African coast continues to escalate. On Saturday the 73,400-dwt Orfeas […]

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