Tag: hijacking

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued a warning on 3 August, regarding a vessel that may have been hijacked off UAE.

A court in Lagos sentenced 10 pirates to 12 years in prison for kidnapping the crew of a Chinese-flagged merchant vessel in 2020.

Τhe Gabon flagged fishing vessel Lianpengyu, with 14 crew onboard, has been reportedly hijacked off Port Gentil, Gabon, on February 7.

After the recent piracy incident off Gulf of Guinea, where pirates killed a seafarer and took another 15 seafarers from the container ship MV Mozart, ITF urges governments to immediately act.

Following the hijacking onboard the oil tanker "Nave Andromeda" back in October 2020, Hampshire Police confirmed that seven men, including two men who had previously been charged, will face no further action as part of the Hampshire Constabulary led investigation.

In light of the hijacking onboard the oil tanker "Nave Andromeda" off England, two individuals charged in relation to the incident.

In ligh of the increased piracy incidents off Gulf of Guinea, Dryad Global reported that pirates attacked a general cargo vessel, kidnapping ten seafarers. In fact, the cargo ship was attacked 14nm NNM of the Pennington Terminal, 10nm from shore, resulting in the kidnap of 10 crewmembers. Reports from Dryad Global indicate that the piracy attack occurred onboard the St Kitts flagged general cargo vessel MILAN, while en route from Koko Nigeria to Douala Cameroon. AIS indicates that the vessel was in a southbound transit when it stopped on the evening of the 25th. The precise time of the attack remains unclear. ...as the security consultancy added. What is more, following the confirmation of kidnapping, the total amount of personnel kidnapped from vessels operating in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020 is 128 across 24 incidents.  Concluding, this is the sixth boarding incident (excluding Lagos) within Nigerian TTW during 2020.

The Togo-flagged bunkering vessel STELIOS K was boarded and presumed hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea, while en route to Lagos. This incident is the second hijacking in the region in 2020. 

Following a suspected hijacking incident onboard the oil tanker "Nave Andromeda" off England, British armed forces managed to gain control of the vessel, while seven individuals have been detained. 

SAFETY4SEA remembers the hijacking of the cruise ship ‘Achille Lauro’ in 1985 by four heavily armed Palestinian militants who posed as passengers, resulting to the brutal murder of one passenger. The attack lasted only two days but spurred a global concern over the shaping dimensions of maritime terrorism.