Iran’s Navy has defeated a pirate attack on an Iran-based cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the Iranian Press TV reported on Saturday. Some unidentified pirates had attacked the vessel on Friday. However, experiencing the fire from the 80th fleet of the Iranian Navy they fled. It added that the Iranian vessel has set sail for its destination.
Over the past years, Iran’s Navy has been able to foil many attacks on both foreign and Iranian vessels in the international waters.
Per Press TV, the...
It has been over 10 days since the Indian seafarer has been missing. He is believed to have been abducted by sea pirates from their ship, the MV Tampen, that has been anchored in Gabon, the West African nation. There has been no information regarding the missing man’s whereabouts.
Kumar’s brother has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office and the Ministry of External Affairs. There has been no response to those emails. He has also been trying to contact the shipping company, Proactive...
The Gulf of Guinea ranks as the piracy hotspot of the world, with more than 95% of vessel crewmembers kidnapped globally in 2020 in the area.
Insurance magnate-Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s (AGCS) – offered this data. The insurer revealed the information in the Safety & Shipping Review 2021.
As per the report, 49 huge vessels went missing in 2020 with total marine losses down 50% in 10 years. The total number of shipping incidents was 2,703, a decline year-on-year.
Though the marine...
The threat of maritime piracy has mushroomed enormously in the past few years. The news channels on a daily basis have a new incident to report about pirates attacking a crew and looting the vessel or hijacking a ship, and even causing harm to the crew when their ransom demands are not met by the authorities. We chart the world’s most dangerous waters by piracy incidents recorded in the past five years.
10 piracy affected areas where the terror and threat of sea pirates has reached looming...https://mfame.guru/answer-10-worlds-most-dangerous-piracy-affected-areas/
Global maritime charity Stella Maris has signed up to the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on the Suppression of Piracy, demonstrating the organisation’s commitment to eradicating the scourge of piracy.
Stella Maris International Network Director Fr Bruno Ciceri, who is based in the Vatican, signed the Declaration on behalf of the charity.
“We fully support the shipping industry and maritime community in the fight against piracy. It is unacceptable that seafarers, unsung heroes who keep world trade...
The attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf of Guinea by Nigerian pirates must end. So far, 99 maritime companies, organisations and flag states, including BIMCO, have signed the Gulf of Guinea Declaration on Suppression of Piracy, which was launched on 17th May, 2020.
In 2020, 135 crew were kidnapped from their ships globally, with the Gulf of Guinea accounting for over 95% of the crew numbers kidnapped. This has happened in international waters in an area less than 20% of the size of the sea...
The latest self-enforcing regional commitments aimed at improving maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea were announced last week by the Inter-Regional Coordination Centre Yaoundé (ICC) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Centre (NIMASA). In our first Metis Insights, Dryad Global analyst Casper Goldman explores what this framework means for the region.
In doing so, the GOG-MCF/SHADE could address the poor coordination between stakeholders that has bedevilled previous attempts...
2020 saw a year-on-year increase in global piracy incidents, with the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region account for 90% of seafarer kidnappings worldwide. Maritime security and risk experts at the ICS Leadership Insights live event on 28 April discussed solutions needed for the GoG, as well as other maritime security risks shipping should keep on their radar in 2021.
Esben Poulsson, Chair of ICS, opened proceedings noting concerns over piracy in the GoG as well as other regions including the Gulf of...
As The Guardian’s reporter, George Monboit headlined in his April 7th article review of the new Netflix Seaspiracy documentary. ‘The film gets some things wrong, but it exposes the grim ecological destruction of the Earth’s oceans‘. As important as ocean conservation is for the future of humanity, so is the fact that Seaspiracy raises crucial points about human rights abuses at sea.
While the controversial offering by British filmmaker Ali Tabrizi has marine scientists, fish producers, fish...
Reporting indicates that 15 of the 21 crew members (consisting of Ukrainian, Romanian and Philippine nationals) have been kidnapped from a vessel
Initial Report
The vessel has been boarded 213nm South of Cotonou. The incident is understood to have involved the vessel being boarded by 9 armed individuals. The incident is understood to be ongoing.
Dryad Analysis
Whilst unconfirmed, further reporting indicates the vessel to be the Maltese flagged MT DAVIDE B (IMO9721750)
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