Tag: Gulf of Guinea

  • Oil Heist Ship Intercepted

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    Ghana has seized a ship suspected of being involved in the heist of some 3,500 tons of fuel from a tanker off Gabon, one of many such pirate attacks in […]

  • Worrying Surge in Piracy in Gulf of Guinea

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    The number of attacks by pirates worldwide has fallen in the last year but armed robbery and kidnappings at sea have surged off the coast of west Africa Worrying surge […]

  • Environment and Security

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    In the light of the IMB’s report on maritime crime in West Africa, last Thursday’s panel discussion at The House of Commons was both extremely well timed and topical Environment […]

  • Security in Gulf of Guinea

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    Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will leave for Cameroon on Sunday ahead of a meeting of West and Central African leaders on maritime security in the pirate-infested Gulf of Guinea Regional […]

  • Tackling Insecurity in West Africa’s Waters

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    For the first time, piracy now affects more seafarers in West African waters than off Somalia’s coast, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau released last week Tackling Insecurity […]

  • US Support For Summit

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    Experts from the US are expected in Cameroon to share experiences during the first-ever ECCAS, ECOWAS and Gulf of Guinea Commission summit on maritime safety and security in the Gulf […]

  • Piracy Surge Endangering Commodities Shipping

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    Pirate attacks off West Africa’s mineral-rich Gulf of Guinea have almost doubled from last year and threaten to increase the costs and jeopardise the shipping of commodities from the region […]

  • Navies to Tackle Piracy

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    Navies from over 15 nations worldwide met at the weekend resolved to tackle piracy and other illegal activities on the sea, especially in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea. Nigerian Navy, […]

  • Pirates kidnap three crew

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    Pirates have attacked a British-owned cargo ship, the Esther C, in the Gulf of Guinea, taking three crew members hostage, the vessel’s owner said. Pirates kidnap three cargo ship crew […]

  • Reexamining the Gulf of Guinea

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    Along with the release of the IMB’s 2012 piracy report come the onslaught of analysts seeking to explain why crime is decreasing in certain theaters. Reexamining the Gulf of Guinea: […]

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