On 07/11/2109 at 00:15 UTC, armed persons in a skiff approached and fired upon a tanker underway approximately 57nm NNW of Sao Tome Island (posn: 01:13.6N – 006:09.6E). Alarm raised, vessel increased speed and commenced evasive manoeuvres. Fire pump activated, and four parachute rockets discharged. Due…
Britain lowered its security risk level for UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally released from detention by Iran. The Stena Impero was seized in July by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in…
A total of seven incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia in October 2019, ReCAAP ISC said in its monthly piracy report. ReCAAP ISC is concerned of the increase of incidents reported onboard ships while underway in the Singapore Strait. However, the…
A U.S.-led coalition created to secure sea lines vital to oil shipping in the Middle East formally launched operations in the most concerted international response yet to months of tensions in the region. Formed in response to a series of attacks on vessels and onshore…
Following the attack on Norwegian-flagged bulk carrier ‘MV BONITA’ on 4 November, yet another incident happened later that day on Greek vessel ‘ELKA ARISTOTLE’ resulting in the abduction of four of its crew members. The shipping industry is extremely concerned about the rise of armed…
The Union of Greek Shipowners, in light of the recent piracy incidents that gained attention, expressed their great worry and concern and highlighted that all shipping stakeholders should place the piracy incidents as a top priority, as they pose great challenges for the seafarers. Specifically,…
Two crew have been injured after armed pirates boarded an Italian platform supply vessel off Mexico. The attack involved between seven and eight gunmen who approached the 2,700-dwt Remas (built 2011) using two speedboats on Monday in the Gulf of Mexico. They opened fire on…
The US Navy reports that marines and sailors from US Central Command’s Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FASTCENT) provided the MSC-chartered roro Liberty with an on-board security presence, during the vessel’s voyage through the Strait Of Hormuz, following the tensions that have spiked in the area. Although in…
LOME (Reuters) – Pirates attacked the MT Elka Aristotle, which belongs to European Product Carriers, off the coast of Togo on Monday and fled after taking four crew members as hostages, the West African nation’s Navy and Greek authorities said, two days after a similar…
Pirates have kidnapped nine crew members of a Norwegian-flagged vessel off the coast of Benin, according to authorities, the latest in a string of abductions in the Gulf of Guinea. The dry bulker MV Bonita, owned by Norwegian shipping firm JJ Ugland, was boarded by…
Saudi Arabian defence officials have warned that cargo and crude-laden ships passing through the Red Sea could be at risk from remote-controlled boats rigged with explosives by Houti rebels of Yemen. Yemen is located at the eastern edge of the Bab-El-Mandab, a narrow strait that…
A suspicious approach took place on the 24th of October 2019, 16:06 UTC at position: 13° 34.7’N – 050° 33.0’E in the IRTC whilst the vessel was sailing towards point B. One suspicious skiff fast approached the Tankers bow, closed distance, manoeuvred and finally closely…
