A Korean captain and four crew members of a fishing boat have been kidnapped in waters off Ghana, in west Africa, a report said Thursday, reports The Korean Herald.
What Happened?The five crew members of the Atlantic Princess, a tuna boat, were kidnapped on Thursday (local time), according to the report from Dryad Global, a maritime security and intelligence provider.
“The vessel is understood to have been approached by one speedboat with 8 pirates onboard,” it said, adding the incident...
Pirates have attacked a Dutch tanker in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, reports News Ghana.
Crew kidnappedFifteen crew members were kidnapped, a spokesperson for De Poli Ship management said in Barendrecht near Rotterdam. Six other sailors were safe and unharmed on the ship. So far, there has been no contact with the hijackers.
According to the shipping company, the chemical tanker Davide B. was attacked on Wednesday. At the time, the ship was sailing about 200 nautical miles off the coast of...
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Product tanker AGISILAOS was attacked and boarded by pirates, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?In the evening Nov 29 Product tanker AGISILAOS was attacked and boarded by pirates, in the Gulf of Guinea south of Lome, Togo, while en route from Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, to Lome.
Crew casualtiesPirates kidnapped 4 crew, including Filipino, Romanian and Russian nationalities, and fled.
Tanker reached Lome anchorage and was anchored at around 0330 UTC Nov 30. The rest of the crew were...
A general cargo ship with the flag of Ghana was attacked and boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?The cargo ship AM DELTA was trading in regional waters since November 2019 mostly between ports of Cameroon and Ghana.
The cargo ship was attacked and boarded at around 0400 UTC Nov 16 in the Gulf of Guinea some 160 nm west of Malabo, Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea.
Crew CasualtiesExcept for two crew members of Guinean nationality all other crew...
Ship attacked south of Lagos, writes Erofey Schkvakin for the Maritime Bulletin.
Merchant ship attackMerchant ship faces attack in the morning Sep 8 some 30 nm south of Lagos, Nigeria.
Identification of the ship attacked unclear.
According to ships tracks in the area, it is most probably, Dutch reefer WATER PHOENIX, and it looks like she was boarded.
The en route...
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Pirates kidnap crew members from two vessels on the same...