Tag: Pirates

  • Citadel Success

    HMS Montrose has come to the rescue of a crew attacked by pirates and locked in a citadel aboard their ship in the Southern Red Sea. Six armed men boarded […]

  • Gunning It

    We have spoken at length in the past about armed guards on ships, and over the past couple of months a number of flag States have begun to show their […]

  • Stat Attack

    The world’s three biggest flag States reported last month that pirates took 1,090 sailors hostage last year. Panama, Liberia and the Marshall Islands said that 4,185 seafarers were attacked with […]

  • Perfect Storm

    Things have been relatively quiet on the pirate front of late. The monsoon has kept all but the most desperate pirates at bay, and notwithstanding the odd flurry of activity […]

  • Protection Concerns

    A union representing Hong Kong seamen has called for greater protection for its members on the high seas. It made the call after a record number of people were taken […]

  • Killer Threat

    Pirates are reportedly changing their attitude and as they look to apply every greater pressure to get ransoms paid, they are claiming that “killing hostages has now become part of […]

  • Double Trouble

    Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea seized two Panamanian-registered ships early on Sunday, staging the second attack there in a week, but released them after being intercepted by a naval […]

  • Jubba Joy

    The hijacked UAE-owned and flagged oil tanker “MV Jubba XX” was released by pirates off the Yemeni coast on Wednesday without any ransom payment or according to local press, “giving […]

  • West Coast Release

    An Italian tanker seized by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin earlier this week has been freed. The “RBD Anema e Core” with a crew of 23 on […]

  • Gaining Understanding

    Researchers at a Canadian university are hoping to come up with a new approach to dealing with piracy by looking at the problem from a number of angles. The work […]