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Maersk boxship targeted by pirates in Gulf of Guinea
A Post-Panamax containership operated by Danish shipping giant Maersk has come under an attempted pi...
IMB Piracy: Gulf of Guinea accounts for 95% of kidnappings in 2020
A total of 135 crew were kidnapped from their vessels in 2020, with the Gulf of Guinea accounting fo...
Diamond S: Four kidnapped crew members from Agisilaos freed
The four crew members who had been kidnapped from the product tanker Agisilaos in November last year...
Maersk’s boxship boarded by pirates, crew accounted for
A 4,500 TEU containership Maersk Cadiz has been boarded by pirates while en route from Tema, Ghana t...
Chemical tanker boarded in GoG for 3rd time in December
A chemical tanker identified as MT New Ranger was boarded earlier today, some 160 nautical miles Sou...
Latest attack in GoG pushes kidnapping tally to 122 seafarers
Four seafarers have been kidnapped in the latest piracy attack in the Gulf of Guinea involving a cru...
10 kidnapped from cargo vessel in another attack in Gulf of Guinea
Ten seafarers were kidnapped yesterday from the general cargo vessel Milan while underway some 14 na...
Dryad: 3 Kidnapped from Stelios K bunkering vessel
Three people have been kidnapped from the Togo-flagged bunkering vessel Stelios K which was boarded ...
Bunkering vessel hijacked, talks underway to release crew
Togo-flagged bunkering vessel Stelios K has been hijacked while en route to Lagos, the UK-based mari...
GoG: Pirates kidnap another 5 seafarers in just 4 days
Five crew members have been kidnapped by pirates from a Ghana-flagged vessel in another incident in ...
Pirates kidnap 14 crew from heavy lift vessel in GoG
Fourteen crew members are reported to have been kidnapped from a heavy lift vessel in the Gulf of Gu...
Faccin Wind Towers Division: a reliable partner for your wind energy project
Faccin Group created a Wind Towers Division within the company. Why? Eng. Andrea Comparin: “Ac...
Maritime Insurance Market Update, Q3 2020
‘Clients, advisors and insurers are in the same boat.’ Effective cooperation is necessary to keep ri...
Pirates attack two tankers off West Africa
Pirates attack two tankers off West Africa
Pirates kidnap seafarer from LNG carrier in Gulf of Guinea
An LNG carrier has been boarded and attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, resulting in the kidn...
IMB: Kidnappings in GoG surge by 40% year-on-year
There has been a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea in the fir...
It’s all about power flow
Integration of renewable energies on a ship – and in other island networks Interview with Jero...
Kidnapped crew members of Curacao Trader freed
The 13 crew members of product tanker MT Curacao Trader, who were kidnapped off Benin back in July, ...
Pirates kidnap 15 seafarers off Nigeria
A group of armed pirates boarded a product tanker offshore Benin on Friday, July 17, and kidnapped 1...
IMB: 77 seafarers taken hostage since January
Violent attacks against ships and their crews have risen in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or...
“ETICA IP” ROV & USV a staunch green ally for the blue economy indystry & ocean sustainability
By Ioana Laura Grigore. Our concept of blue economy & ocean sustainability in offshore industry ...
General cargo crew members kidnapped in 2nd attack off West Africa in the same day
Five crew members of a general cargo ship Kota Budi have been kidnapped by armed men off Cotonou, Be...
Armed pirates kidnap crew members from BW Offshore’s FPSO
A group of armed men attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge some 30 nautical miles southwest from Bonny Isla...
6 crew members kidnapped off Cotonou
Six crew members of a fishing vessel Panofi Frontier have been kidnapped by a group of gunmen some 6...
Maritime piracy on the rise in Asia
Asia is seeing an increase in incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships, according to a re...
Kidnapped crew of Tommi Ritscher freed
The eight crew members of Tommi Ritscher containership, who were kidnapped by a group of pirates on ...
Pirates fire upon Stolt-Nielsen’s chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden
A Stolt-Nielsen chemical tanker sustained minor damages over the weekend after armed guards aboard S...
Pirates attack two ships, kidnap seafarers in Gulf of Guinea
Two new pirate attacks that resulted in the kidnapping of seafarers have been reported in the Gulf ...
Dryad: 16 mariners kidnapped in five days
Over the past five days, a total of 16 seafarers were kidnapped by pirates off the coast of West Afr...