Tag: IMB

On April 22, six armed persons in a skiff chased and fired upon a tanker underway, around 5.7 nautical miles East of Somali Coast, Somalia, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre announced. A merchant ship was attacked by armed pirates in a fast-moving skiff, at the same day, according to EU NAVFOR.

The Vietnamese-flagged general cargo ship Phu An 268 was attacked by pirates in Philippine waters off Boan Island, on March 5. However the captain of the vessel together with ESSCOM managed to escape the attack.

More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since 1998, the ICC International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) annual piracy report revealed.

Nautilus has sought assurances from the UK government that the UK will remain in the European Union Naval Force (EUNavfor) counter-piracy operation following an attack on a British-registered chemical tanker off Somalia in November.

Piracy activity on November 23 ranged at a moderate level according to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. According to data, there were three pirate attacks; in one of which a pirate involved was killed.

IMB's latest global piracy report shows that pirates armed with guns or knives took 110 seafarers hostage in the first nine months of 2016, and kidnapped 49 crew for ransom. Nigeria, a growing hotspot for violent piracy and armed robbery, accounts for 26% of all captures, followed by Indonesia, Malaysia, Guinea and Ivory Coast.

IMB Piracy Reporting Centre reported that the 1,600 container ship WINDHOEK was attacked by armed pirates early morning on September 21th, 2016 while at anchorage at Conakry in Guinea.

Piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to its lowest levels since 1995, despite a surge in kidnappings off West Africa, according to a new report from IMB

IMB is asking shipping and maritime companies to be vigilant to the potential commercial impact that cyber-attacks can cause.

IMB reports that a number of pirates attempted to approach a container ship while it was underway in five skiffs from astern in the Gulf of Aden on May 16 but successfully prevented from boarding when a security team from Solace Global, which was protecting the boxship, fired warning shots .