Tag: Gulf of Guinea

Bo Jiang and Gary LaFree have published a paper which tests the possibility that climate change affects participation in maritime piracy, depending on the specific ways that it impacts regional fish production.

According to international news, three seafarers who were kidnapped off the bulk carrier Grebe Bulker in early May, have apparently been released after weeks in captivity.

Six crew members of a Danish oil tanker kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Congo have been rescued, according to the ship's owner.

According to International news, bulk carrier Glebe Bulker was attacked by pirates reportedly off Gabon and three seafarers have been abducted.

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), published a statement this week to inform that the ship that had been under a pirate attack in Gulf of Guinea, Success 9, was located on April 15th and the crew is safe.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has released the first quarterly report on piracy in 2023, which has recorded the lowest level of reported global piracy and armed robbery incidents since 1993.

According to Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade, Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG), pirates boarded the chemical/product tanker Success 9 on Monday, 300 off the of Ivory Coast.

The French Navy has located the Danish product tanker, Monjasa Refomer, that pirates boarded and hijacked, kidnapping six crew members in the Gulf of Guinea last weekend.

The Monjasa tanker, which was hijacked by pirates six days ago, was found and secured yesterday off Sao Tome and Principe, but some crewmates have been kidnapped.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) calls for efforts to be sustained worldwide as maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks reached their lowest recorded level in almost three decades.