Twelve crew members from Switzerland’s Massoel Shipping-owned bulker were taken from the vessel in Nigerian waters on Saturday. The 2001-built handymax was on its way to Port Harcourt in Nigeria, when it was boarded by pirates around 45 nautical miles southwest of Bonny Island. The company says...
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A dozen crew members of a Swiss cargo ship were taken hostage after the ship was attacked by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, according to the company that owns the ship.
Massoel Shipping said in a statement on Sunday that the ship, the MV Glarus, was attacked on Saturday night as it sailed from Lagos to Port Harcourt with a shipment of wheat. According to reports, the pirates attacked about 45 nautical miles south-southwest of Bonny Island.
“We know that the pirate gang climbed the Glarus by...
http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/a-swiss-ship-was-attacked-by-pirates-off-the-coast-of-nigeria/
by Michael Shields (Reuters) – Pirates kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss merchant vessel on Saturday in Nigerian waters, the ship’s operator said in a statement. Kidnapping for ransom is a common problem in parts of Nigeria. A number of foreigners have been kidnapped in the last few years in...
Twelve crew members of a Swiss bulk carrier MV Glarus kidnapped off Nigeria.
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A product tanker anchored in Conakry Anchorage, Guinea, boarded by four armed robbers.
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Pirates armed with M16 rifles abducted two crew members of a fishing trawler.
According to security firm EOS Risk Group, Nigerian pirates have kidnapped 35 seafarers from vessels in the Gulf of Guinea so far this year. This information was disclosed in their half year review of Nigerian piracy activity in the Gulf of Guinea.
Nigeria continues to be the World’s epicentre for piracy activity. From January through June 2018, EOS recorded 34 Nigerian pirate attacks on merchant and fishing vessels in the Gulf of Guinea. These attacks resulted in the kidnap of 35 seafarers for...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/08/01/nigerian-pirates-kidnap-35-seafarers-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/