When Does Freedom Fighting Become Extortion and Murder? NIGERIA –It has been confirmed there has been another attack on merchant shipping in the Niger Delta, this time a vessel or vessels belonging to the Dutch-based, offshore oil and gas company, Sea Trucks Group (STG). The accommodation barge, Jascon 33, was attacked outside the mouth of the […]
The resurgence of pirate attacks in African waters is now a subject of serious concern to African states and the international community. For the last decade, piracy in African waters is concentrated in three main regions, namely the Somali coast/the Gulf of Aden along the East African Coast; Nigeria’s territorial waters in West Africa; and […]
Gunmen in Nigeria have stormed an oil barge off the coast, killing two Nigerian navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners, a naval officer says. The navy has joined the search for the gunmen off the Niger Delta. Two navy sailors, among a group providing security, were wounded in the raid. The foreigners are from Indonesia, […]
Gunmen in Nigeria have stormed an oil barge off the coast, killing two Nigerian navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners, a naval officer says. The navy has joined the search for the gunmen off the Niger Delta. Two navy sailors, among a group providing security, were wounded in the raid. The foreigners are from Indonesia, […]
Gunmen in Nigeria have stormed an oil barge off the coast, killing two Nigerian navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners, a naval officer says. The navy has joined the search for the gunmen off the Niger Delta. Two navy sailors, among a group providing security, were wounded in the raid. The foreigners are from Indonesia, […]
Aderogba Obisesan Lagos. Nigeria on Sunday intensified its search for four foreigners, including an Indonesian, kidnapped during a deadly attack on a vessel belonging to an oil services company, the navy said. The suspected pirates stormed the vessel belonging to the Sea Trucks Group early Saturday in the Gulf of Guinea, an area that has seen […]
St Kitts & Nevis has become the latest of five flag state signatories to the Washington declaration condemning acts of violence against seafarers – joining Bahamas, Liberia, Marshall Islands and Panama. The move underpins major quality initiatives by the London-based St Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry (SKANReg), which has achieved further improvements in Port […]
Martin Croucher DUBAI // International cooperation is reducing the number of ship hijackings by pirates around the world, a UAE official says. Abdulkhaleq Al Yafei, a member of the UAE’s mission to the United Nations, said that the Emirates would continue to support efforts to drive down piracy further. The number of pirate attacks dropped […]
By Gavin van Marle It might seem slightly off the beaten track for The Loadstar to look at piracy, but it can have a significant impact on carriers and shippers, not only in insurance, but also supply chains. And the trends in piracy are shifting away from east Africa and towards west Africa, according to […]
Published on July 23, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The 69 hijacking incidents by Somali pirates this year represent a 32 percent drop compared to the same period last year, the threat is receding but a NATO official has warned that the international effort must continue. NATO says it’s winning war against Somali […]