Tag: piracy attack

  • Fire Starters

    Piracy has returned with a vengeance following the end of the monsoon season, as a Greek vessel was set ablaze after an attack in the Somali Basin. Pirates hit Cyprus […]

  • Malacca Arrest

    Malaysian maritime authorities said they arrested six Indonesians attempting to rob a ship in the Strait of Malacca, the latest in a surge of piracy attacks in the strategic waterway. […]

  • Government View

    Online whistle-blower WikiLeaks has released a piracy related memo from the US Embassy in Manila. In the 2007 memo the US Ambassador reported on the Philippine views on the “MV […]

  • Survival Kit

    A ship supply company has launched a new “anti-piracy kit”. The kit by HMS Far East is heralded by the company as possibly increasing chances of surviving a piracy attack. […]