Month: September 2014

  • Challenging Myths of Pirate Violence

    Examining the facts behind the figures. Challenging Myths of Pirate Violence By Dirk Steffen “In the last five years, pirates have killed at least 411 fishermen and wounded at least […]

  • Trial of Fishermen Highlights Tensions

    Trial of Chinese Fishermen Highlights Tensions Jason Strother PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES— Nine Chinese fishermen will go on trial this week in the Philippines for allegedly poaching in Filipino territorial waters and […]

  • Pirates attack product tanker

    Pirates/robbers attack drifting product tanker.  Pirates attack product tanker off Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Armed pirates robbed an petroleum products tanker near Ivory Coast’s port of Abidjan, a maritime agency […]

  • NNPC, Navy partner to check oil theft

    Oil theft, piracy cost Nigeria an estimated $25 billion in 2013. NNPC, Navy partner to check oil theft BY OKECHUKWU NNODIM he Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Nigerian Navy […]

  • Iranian Navy in 3 pirate battles

    Fresh claims of action against Somali pirates.  Iranian Navy Rescues Several Cargo Ships in Three Battles against Pirates in Four Days TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian warships patrolling the regional waters […]

  • Create jobs to eradicate piracy

    Push to promote economic stability on shore. Create jobs to eradicate piracy, UAE hears Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI // Creating jobs and caring for orphans are areas where the UAE […]

  • Beyond Rivalry? EU–NATO Cooperation

    A Guest Article by Piracy-Studies.org Beyond Rivalry? EU–NATO Cooperation in Counter-Piracy Operations By Simon J. Smith and Carmen Gebhard Counter-piracy operations and maritime engagement in the Gulf of Aden is […]

  • US helo in Gulf of Aden crash

    All personnel safely rescued. Marine Helicopter Crashes in the Gulf of Aden MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) — A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary […]

  • Enrica Lexie marine hospitalised

    Doctors say Latorre responding to treatment, Pinotti to visit. Italian marine in legal case hospitalized in India One of the two Italian marines detained in India, Massimiliano Latorre, has been […]

  • Navy, CG Improve Maritime Security

    US Navy vessel finishes OMSI patrol. Navy, Coast Guard Improve Maritime Security by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek A. Harkins AGANA, Guam – The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS […]