Spokesman says country is gathering evidence before responding to Sabiti incident. Iran has warned that what it called a “cowardly” attack on one of its tankers off Saudi Arabia on Friday will not go unanswered. A government spokesman was cited by Reuters as saying the…
Iranian shots show two holes in hull of suezmax near waterline. Iran has released the first photos of damage caused by the alleged missile attack on a National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) suezmax off Saudi Arabia. A close-up of one hull hole Photo: Shana The…
UK security firm says perpetrators’ appetite now extends beyond just barges with scrap steel. The Singapore Strait has seen a spike in the number of incidents of robbers boarding vessels, says a top security consultancy. “That was the highest number in any eight-month period since…
Iran is claiming one of its tankers was set on fire in a “terrorist attack” off Saudi Arabia on Friday morning in an incident that will raise already high tension levels in the region. The semi-official Iranian news agency Isna said on Friday that the…
September 30: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) went on high alert following an intelligence report that indicated that nine Abu Sayyaf gunmen had left Jolo and were heading towards Sabah’s Mataking and Pom Pom islands in Semporna, intending on kidnapping high-value targets (focusing on…
ISWAN operates the Piracy Survivor Family Fund on behalf of the United Nations Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) for seafarers and families who have been affected by Somali piracy. ISWAN encourages any seafarer, seafarers’ welfare organisation, or seafarers’ families that have…
As the world gather in Nigeria to take collective action against pirate attacks on vessels, the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said that collective action by littoral countries is the only counter-attack against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, GoG. The agency…
1 October 2019—This morning, Vice Admiral Antonio Martorell Lacave (Spanish Navy) officially handed over command of EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation ATALANTA to Major General Antonio Planells Palau (Spanish Marine Corps). In his six-month role as Operation Commander, one of Vice Admiral Martorell’s main endeavours was…
28 September 2019—This week, EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation ATALANTA’s German Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft supported a multi-national counter-piracy operation led by Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) in the Gulf of Aden. The assets involved in Focused Operation “King Crab” were from nine different nations,…
September 26: An unspecified number of pirates reportedly stormed two passenger boats off the Nigerian coast on Bonny waterway. The boats were reportedly moving towards Bonny Island, the base of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, when the attack occurred. No further details were immediately available. Pirates…
Date: 30-09-2019 1515 UTC Type of Attack: Boarded / Type of Vessel: Bulk Carrier Attack Posn: 01:02.7N – 103:39.0E / Location detail: Around 3.7nm West of Pulau Cula, Indonesia Deck crew on routine rounds onboard a bulk carrier underway spotted five armed robbers on the aft deck. Alarm raised, SSAS activated…
The Royal Navy has successfully guided over seven million tonnes of British shipping, which is the equivalent of almost 20 wartime convoys, through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of its maritime security commission in July. Recently, the Royal Navy confirmed that the situation in the Strait has been stable,…
