Shipowners’ concerns at increasing piracy in West Africa and the kidnap for ransom threat were addressed by the Association at their seminar co-hosted with UK P&I in Athens on 7 March. Key themes…
Nigeria – Increased pirate activity south of Brass and Bonny
The Association has noted increased pirate activity in the above areas, with several attempted attacks on shipping believed to have taken…
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports two, most probably linked, failed night pirate attacks off Brass, Nigeria on 24 and 25 January 2019 (attacks 009 and 010-19) on two unidentified…
Date of incident: 29/10/2018
Armed pirates abducted four crew members from a Singapore-flagged offshore supply vessel at 0330 hrs local time 68nm off Pointe-Noire. The pirates boarded the…
Date of incident: 29/10/2018
An unspecified number of armed pirates on a speed boat chased and opened fire on an underway Marshall Islands-flagged tanker ship carrying out bunkering…
Date of incident: 29/10/2018
Nigerian and Polish authorities announced that 11 crew members from the German container ship Pomeranian Sky were kidnapped 73 nm southwest of Bonny Island. Eight…
Date of incident: 18/10/2018
Saudi-led coalition-backed government forces said that they killed 70 Houthi rebels during an offensive in the Kilo 10 area on the main road between Sana'a and the…
Date of incident: 16/10/2018
Four pirates armed with Kalashnikov-style rifles approached an underway bulk carrier on a speedboat at 1534 hrs local time, 340 nm off the coast of Mogadishu. The…
Date of incident: 10/09/2018
At least six gunmen stormed the headquarters of the National Oil Company (NOC) on Tariq al-Seka street in central Tripoli at approximately 0830hrs local time,…
Date of incident: 10/09/2018
Air strikes and clashes around the city of Hodeidah left tens of Houthi rebels and pro-government soldiers dead amid an escalation of fighting following the…
