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14.10.2020
ECR survey results Q3 2020: Economic concerns persist but easing of global risk paints a brighter picture
Euromoney Country Risk’s scoring approach shows an easing of global risk since June, even though the economic fallout from the Covid-19 crisis continues to weigh on many individual country profiles. Euromoney’s latest quarterly crowd-sourcing risk survey shows an improvement to the global risk score average…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
09.10.2020
Aframax mine blast off Yemen puts shipping on alert
Shipping has been put on alert to be highly vigilant when transiting the Gulf of Aden with news of an aframax tanker suffering sizeable damage after it struck a sea mine in Yemeni waters. Significant pollution has been spotted in satellite images in the wake…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
28.09.2020
ReCAAP: Robbery Incidents Have Doubled in 2020 at Manila
Incidents at anchorages/ports in the Philippines Advisory1. Following the increase of the number of incidents of sea robbery reported at Manila and Batangas anchorages/ports during Jan-Sep 2020, the shipping industry is advised to adopt the following measures when anchor/berth in the area: • Enhance vigilance…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
11.09.2020
Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, piracy and other crimes have surged in Asian waters in the first seven months of the year, many committed by a Philippines-based Islamist group linked to Islamic State, according to a report released on Wednesday. Especially hard hit have been the…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
10.09.2020
Two Russian Seafarers Taken Hostage Off Nigeria
The Russian embassy in Nigeria is confirming the abduction of two seafarers in the latest pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea. This incident comes a little more than a month after the Russian embassy was successful in liberating seven other sailors that were also…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
04.09.2020
Continued Security Vigilance Recommended For Vessels Transiting Arabian Gulf (Ag), Straits Of Hormuz (Soh), Gulf Of Oman (Goo), Red Sea, Gulf Of Aden (Goa) And Indian Ocean
Increasing threats to, and intimidation of, commercial vessels have been reported in recent weeks. Members with vessels, particularly tank vessels, transiting these regions are encouraged to remain thoroughly vigilant. Vessels transiting the Arabian Gulf (AG), Straits of Hormuz (SoH) and Gulf of Oman (GOO) are…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
04.09.2020
‘Maximum alert’: warning of new piracy threat from armed Nigerian group
Military sources say gunmen planning new attack off Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea Shipowners have been warned to be “on maximum alert” after a warning of a new piracy threat from Nigeria. The piracy reporting body Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade – Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG)…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
27.08.2020
Incidents of Violence in the Philippines as ReCAAP Expresses Concern
ReCAAP, the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia, is expressing concern over a trend of recent violence, specifically the latest situations of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia. The organization hosted an annual workshop for its…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
25.08.2020
Europe must resist Erdogan in Eastern Mediterranean
The escalating maritime dispute between Turkey and Greece involving the delimitation of their continental shelves can no longer be viewed as a bilateral issue. It must be interpreted within the broader context of Turkey-European Union relations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strategic and geopolitical ambitions in…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
21.08.2020
Local police blamed as confusion surrounds Somali ‘hijacking’
Intelligence sources say Aegean II boarded by militia who seized weapons from guards Doubt has been cast over reports that pirates have hijacked a Panamanian-flagged chemical tanker in Somalian waters. The 8,143-dwt Aegean II (built 1994) was believed to have been raided on Tuesday by…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
20.08.2020
Somali Pirates Hijack Panama-Flagged Ship: Regional Official
Somali pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged ship, a regional official told Reuters on Wednesday, the first successful hijack since 2017. The ship was travelling from the United Arab Emirates to Mogadishu port when it appeared to develop mechanical problems near IRTC. said Musse Salah, the…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
06.08.2020
Benin to allow foreign Armed Security Teams on board ships
Benin informed that all ships bound for a port in the country are required to have an Armed Protection Team (APT). Failing that, the vessel must receive a protection service by the Benin Public Forces at the entrance to Benin’s territorial waters. The associated fees…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
20.07.2020
13 Crew kidnapped from tanker off Benin
The 2007-built 11,300 dwt chemical tanker Curacao Trader was attacked by pirates off the coast of Benin in West Africa on July 17. According to the ship’s manager Alison Management, 13 out of 19 Ukrainian and Russian crewmembers onboard the vessel have been taken hostage by the…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
16.07.2020
Crew Kidnappings Soar in West Africa
Crew kidnappings and violent attacks on vessels in the oil-rich West Africa region have soared in 2020, with 77 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom since January, according to the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) latest piracy report. The Gulf of Guinea off West…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News
08.07.2020
Pirates kidnap nine Nigerian nationals in offshore attack
According to reports, another Nigerian pirate accident took place in the Gulf of Guinea; This time, pirates attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge and kidnapped nine Nigerian nationals. Specifically, BW Offshore issued a statement informing that at 4:20 a.m. local time its FPSO Sendje Berge was…

by Dimitris in Piracy News
21.08.2020
Boarded Alert near IRTC
On 20 Aug 2020 that a Tanker, anchored 2 to 5nm off the coast of Somalia in position 1154N 05103E, had suffered mechanical issues and had been boarded by persons unknown. This was widely reported in Open Source media. Subsequent investigation by Combined Maritime Forces…

by Agisilaos Roubakos in Piracy News

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