Tag: hijacking

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.

In collaboration with the Kontinentalist, Stable Seas have released 'Troubled waters: piracy and maritime security in Southeast Asia'. This is an interactive experience on how piracy and armed robbery affect the safety of waterways.

Blue Marlin, Boskali's heavy transport vessel was hijacked on Sunday, May 5, about 80 nautical miles offshore Equatorial Guinea. In a statement, the company announced that the vessel's crew was freed due to professional response of the crew and a coordinated support from the navy of Equatorial Guinea and Spain, the violent hijacking has been ended and the crew was safely freed.

The International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) published its report for the first quarter of 2019, revealing less incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships than the first three months of 2018. During the first quarter of 2019, IMB reported 38 incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea, which are 28 less incidents than the first quarter of 2018, which stood at 66.