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…
We are writing to advise Members that with immediate effect, there is a reduction in the Additional Premium charged for Section B (enhanced/piracy) War Loss of Hire Insurance in certain Additional…
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…
