Attack Data

  • Hijacked tanker off Angola

    The Greek owners of an oil tanker that vanished off the Angolan coast on Jan. 18 said on Sunday that pirates had hijacked the vessel and stolen a large quantity […]

  • St Lucia murder

    The sister-in-law of a British man who was murdered after attackers boarded his boat in the Caribbean has said the family is “shocked and shattered”. St Lucia murder: Roger Pratt’s […]

  • Missing vessel feared hijacked

    Dryad Maritime is warning of the possible hijack of a Liberian flagged tanker MT Kerala. The vessel, owned by Dynacom Tankers, has been reported as missing off the coast of […]

  • Somali Pirates First Attack of 2014

    Dryad Maritime Intelligence have today confirmed the first piracy attack of 2014 which saw an audacious attack launched by Somali pirates south of Salalah in the late hours of 17th […]

  • Pirates strike 6 tankers in SE Asia

    Seven pirate attacks were reported from various Southeast Asian ports in less than two weeks, with six of them coming from Indonesia close to the key Strait of Malacca shipping […]

  • Southeast Asia still worst for pirates

    Despite several high profile incidents off the Horn of Africa, the lawless brigands heading in and out of the Suez Canal are not the worst offenders on the high seas. […]

  • Nigeria pirate attack: US sailors seized

    Pirates have seized two US sailors from an oil supply ship off the coast of Nigeria, officials say. The captain and chief engineer of the US-flagged C-Retriever were taken on Wednesday […]

  • Piracy at sea lowest level in 7 years

    The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world’s seas is at its lowest third-quarter level since 2006. Piracy at sea falls to […]

  • Not Mission Impossible

    Leading maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime have issued their latest report ‘Special Advisory, The West Africa Problem; Mission Not Impossible’, which focuses on the rapidly evolving nature of maritime crime […]

  • West Africa Piracy Overtakes Somalia

    Piracy off the coast of West Africa has now overtaken Somali piracy, a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) and other seafarers’ groups says. West Africa piracy overtakes Somali […]