South East Asia has recorded 51 attacks year to date, knocking the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) off the top piracy spot with 44 reported incidents, according to the latest quarterly report by the International Maritime […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/south-east-asia-surpasses-west-africa-in-piracy-incidents/
Captains are at risk of being blacklisted as the US and UK governments take a harder stance on trade sanctions violations at sea. Both governments are stressing to the maritime sector that all those involved […]
A chemical tanker is safely underway again, after a stop for repairs and a police boarding were mistakenly reported as the first Somali piracy attack in more than three years. The Aegean II was en […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/confusion-over-suspected-somali-pirate-attack/
Three suspected pirates have been the first to be convicted under Nigeria’s piracy law on 11 August, however, the lenient sentencing will do little to deter or decrease the ever-growing piracy numbers in the Gulf […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/first-pirates-convicted-under-nigerian-law-experts-remain-dubious/
There has been a notable increase in the use of weapons during piracy attacks, according to the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Q2 results, increasing the threat that crews face. The number of attacks involving guns […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/crew-alert-piracy-and-weaponry-increase-in-q2/
Experts have said there is no resolution in sight for resolving the risks of an abandoned floating storage and offloading facility (FSO), loaded with an estimated 1.1million barrels of oil, currently caught in between the […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/no-resolution-to-prevent-risks-of-abandoned-tanker-in-yemen/
During the last decade, East Africa was known as the kidnap hotspot of the African continent. However, over the past four years, this phenomenon has shifted westwards and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) has witnessed […]
http://safetyatsea.net/news/2020/kidnap-kingdom-the-rise-of-kidnap-and-ransom-in-west-africa/