Increased security threats to vessels operating in the Gulf of Guinea

Pirates are kidnapping more seafarers off West Africa, IMB reports On 14 October 2020, the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC) released figures showing a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas in the first nine months of 2020, with a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in …

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