IMB: Kidnappings in GoG surge by 40% year-on-year
There has been a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of 2020,…
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Pirates board 37 ships, kidnapped 22 seafarers in Q1, 2020- IBM
Pirates boarded 37 ships and kidnapped 22 seafarers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest report from the ICC International…
Kidnapped crew member of Greek tanker dies, remaining three freed
Three of the four kidnapped crew
members of the oil tanker Elka Aristotle have been released, however, the
fourth crew…
Pirates kidnap 20 seafarers from tanker off Togo
Twenty crew members have been
kidnapped from a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker off Lome, Togo, Dryad
Global said.
The…
Crew kidnapped from vessel off Cotonou regain freedom
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The nine crew members that were
kidnapped from the bulk carrier MV Bonita off Cotonou, Benin, early November
have…
Gulf of Guinea Security: What actions have followed the Abuja Declaration?
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Some key points in the communique
raised and adopted by stakeholders at the Global Maritime Security…
Collaboration, cooperation, good governance great strategy against piracy in GoG—Igbokwe
Renowned maritime lawyer, Mike Igbokwe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is confident that the Global Maritime Security…
IMB reports 30% piracy drop as Nigeria’s Deep Blue Project kicks in
The International Maritime Bureau
(IMB) has reported a drop in piracy attacks in Nigeria in the third quarter of…
Shipowners want zero piracy after GMSC, says indigenous shipowner, Aminu Umar
An end to piracy and other crimes at sea are the necessary actions that shipowners are interested in, after the talks and…
Deep Blue Project: Intelligence gathering operation commences at NIMASA C4i Center
The Command, Control, Computer Communication and information otherwise known as the C4i Centre of the Deep Blue Project has…