Tag: Ivory coast

  • GoG military exercise starts

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    Nigeria joins military exercise in Gulf of Guinea The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday deployed six warships and 65 gunboats in a joint multinational maritime exercise comprising navies from 16 countries. […]

  • Delta hostages rescued

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    Nigerian troops rescue 3 Russian sailors, 2 others after raid of pirates’ hideout By Sumaila Ogbaje Three Russian sailors, one Ukrainian and one Equatorial Guinean kidnapped by pirates since 9 […]

  • Covid piracy surge?

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    by Theo Locherer The last quarterly report from the International Maritime Bureau shows the negative effects of the Covid-19 on maritime security. There tend to be significant upswings of piracy […]

  • WAF piracy: media to blame?

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    West African piracy remains a threat but attacks are not becoming more frequent despite headline-grabbing abduction stories in the media. That is the view of Dirk Siebels, senior analyst at […]

  • Boarding and Theft Aboard Tug At Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast

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    March 07, 01:50 UTC: An unauthorized person in a canoe reportedly approached and boarded an offshore tug anchored at Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast. Crew noticed the presence of the person […]

  • 411 kg Cocaine Seized Off Coast of Abidjan; 3 Ghanians Arrested

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    Source: Jeune Afrique / Baudelaire Mieu February 04: Ivorian authorities seized 411 kilograms of cocaine from three boats during an operation in territorial waters on Monday. The cocaine, which is estimated […]

  • Stowaway Aboard Barge In Tow From Ivory Coast to Gambia

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    January 15: On arrival at Banjul anchorage, Gambia an unspecified tug coming from San Pedro, Ivory Coast, discovered a Ghanian stowaway on a barge in tow. The stowaway had not […]

  • Rope Stolen From Vessel at Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast

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    August 25 04:00 UTC: An unknown number of unauthorised men were able to board an MV anchored at Abidjan port, Ebrie Lagune. The men collected one rope then escaped. Alarm […]

  • UPDATE 2: Vessel Hijacked Near Lome, Togo

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    UPDATE September 06: Subsequent reports suggest that the vessel hijacked was the MV DANMAN and that the incident may have occurred closer to the Ivory Coast. However, despite investigations, the […]

  • Ivory Coast drops alert

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    Obangame Express prompted increase in security. Ivory Coast rescinds port security measures, attack threat unfounded Ivory Coast rescinded an order on Sunday to increase security at its two main ports […]

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