West African pirates have freed a gasoline tanker they hijacked last week, after stealing some of the cargo, the ship owner said on Friday, in a fresh example of a growing trend in the region to hold vessels briefly to …
The latest global piracy report from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) cites 102 “incidents of piracy and armed robbery” for the first quarter of 2012, “with dangerously increasing numbers in West African waters.” According to …
According to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) global piracy report attacks in East and West Africa accounted for the majority of world attacks in 2011, signaling a rising trend. Of the 439 attacks reported to …
Pre-emptive strikes by naval forces, the deployment of private armed guards and protective measures by ships helped to almost halve the number of successful hijackings by Somali pirates last year, a maritime watchdog said on Thursday. Seaborne gangs are making …
