Tag: Piracy
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Nigerian Governor Seeks Support in Tackling Maritime Crime
April 19: Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, has charged the Joint Task Force “Operation Delta Safe” to vigorously undertake efforts that will lead to curbing kidnapping, sea piracy and sundry crimes […]
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Map: Visualizing 40 Years of Nautical Piracy
February 08: A web map visualization of piracy incidents from 1978 to October 2018 has been made, both as an aggregation layer of 50,000 square kilometre hexagonal cells at broad […]
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6 Crew Kidnapped from Anchored Tanker at Bonny Outer Anchorage
UPDATE MAY 24: The Nigerian Navy has stated that the April 19 pirate attack and kidnapping of 6-7 crew was intentionally misreported. Disagreement between criminal syndicates in illicit crude oil […]
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Spanish Navy Rescues Seafarers from Nigerian Pirates
April 09: On April 9, the crew of the Spanish Navy patrol vesselServiola successfully rescued the crew of a Nigerian merchant vessel from a gang of pirates. The Serviola’s crew observed the Nigerian […]
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ReCAAP Q1 2019 Report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia
ReCAAP has published its 1st Quarter Report 2019, available here. Its Executive Summary states: A total of 10 incidents of armed robbery against ships (comprising nine actual incidents and one […]
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IMB: Piracy Incidents Fall But Kidnapping Threat Persists in Gulf of Guinea
April 08: Fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea were reported in the first three months of 2019, but risk of kidnappings continue to pose a threat to […]
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Spain Takes Over EU Anti-Piracy Mission from Britain due to Brexit
March 29: Spain on Friday (Mar 29) took over from Britain command of a European Union maritime mission that combats piracy off the coast of Somalia as Britain’s planned departure […]
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Special Forces Seize Tanker Hijacked by Migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
March 28: Five migrants who allegedly led the hijacking of a tanker in the Mediterranean to avoid being returned to Libya were arrested in Malta on Thursday after special forces […]
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ITS MARGOTTINI Re-Joining EU Navfor Counter-Piracy Mission
March 08: ITS Margottini is re-joining EU NAVFOR for its second six-month tour participating in Op Atalanta, the European Union’s first naval operation, launched in 2008 to prevent piracy at […]
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Piracy Attacks in Nigeria Linked to Insider Collusion
March 25: Piracy attacks in the country have been linked to crew members that are off duty leading others to attack their own vessels. This is even as stakeholders have […]
