Cargo theft hijackings: “Business as usual”
JUNE 26, 2014 — Recent hijackings of coastal product tankers in South East Asia for the theft of their cargoes mark a diversification of a long standing threat rather than a new
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IMB warns small tankers of rising hijacking threat
JUNE 19, 2014 — After a spate of cargo theft tanker hijackings, the ICC Commercial Crime Services’ International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is warning small tankers to maintain strict anti-piracy measures in the
Pirates flee captured dhow
APRIL 29, 2014 — An attempt by Somali pirates to used a captured dhow as a mother ship has been foiled by EU Navfor. The six armed pirates who had taken the
Kerala incident confirmed as hijacking
FEBRUARY 7, 2013 — The hijacking of Dynacom’s Liberian-flagged product tanker, Kerala, (IMO No.: 9390927), at Luanda, Angola on January 18, 2014 marked a significant extension south by gangs involved in refined
Hijacked tanker released, cargo stolen
JANUARY 27, 2014 — Athens headquartered Dynacom Tankers Management has regained communications with the 74,999 dwt, Liberian flagged M/T Kerala and reports that the ship was, as had been feared, hijacked at
ICS paper looks at lessons learned on piracy
JANUARY 13, 2014 — A paper issued by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) draws on the international shipping industry’s experience of Somali-based piracy from 2007 to 2013. ICS Secretary General Peter
EU takes chair of antipiracy group
DECEMBER 26, 2013 — From January 1, 2014 the European Union will take over the chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) for one year, continuing
Outrage grows over imprisonment of security ship crew
OCTOBER 23, 2013 — U.S.-based maritime security firm AdvanFort is stepping up efforts to free the 35 crew and guards aboard the Seaman Guard Ohio who have been detained in an Indian
India arrests, imprisons all on board Seaman Guard Ohio
OCTOBER 20, 2013 — While movie goers continue to throng theaters to see “Captain Phillips,” there continue to be reminders that the battle against piracy continues in real life and can take
Piracy incidents down, but don’t relax
OCTOBER 17, 2013 — Piracy levels may be down, yet, as an attack on a VLCC earlier this month illustrated, the threat remains very real. The latest International Maritime Bureau Piracy Report, published