Tag: Dryad Global

British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, received reports indicating that a vessel was approached by a small grey boat with 3 persons onboard wearing masks. However, vessel and all crew reported to be safe.

An unidentified offahore supply vessel was boarded while at 208 nautical miles South of Lagos. All crew are reportedly mustered in the citadel, according to maritime security intelligence firm Dryad Global.

A total of 15 crew members were kidnapped from the Maltese-flagged tanker MT DAVIDE B, after the vessel was boarded by 9 armed individuals off Benin, in the Gulf of Guinea. 

According to the British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, the feeder container ship "Pacora" was boarded by armed men during the evening of March 6th.

A vessel reported a suspicious approach by four small craft, containing two persons within each, while underway in the Eastern Gulf of Aden, according to UKMTO data. This is the fist incident of this nature within the region in 2021.

According to the British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed that they hit an Aramco oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the first time the group has reached the company's facilities in that area.

British security intelligence firm Dryad Global issued its annual report for 2020, providing an overview of piracy trends worldwide. The report reveals that robberies are the most prevalent incident type in West Africa, but kidnapping incidents remain unacceptably high in Gulf of Guinea. Meanwhile, incidents in Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia remain low. 

China’s recently enacted coast guard law could escalate maritime disputes, as its language could be used by Beijing to intimidate its neighbours in South China Sea, the US State Department warned.

Pirates have reportedly boarded the Marshall Islands-flagged oil chemical tanker MV SEA PHANTOM on Saturday night, while 115 nm off the coast of Kribi, Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea, but the attack was unsuccessful.

Pirates boarded the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier MV ROWAYTON EAGLE, while 200nm off the coast of Accra, Ghana, in the Gulf of Guinea, reports by maritime security intelligence firm Dryad Global suggest.