Tag: maritime piracy

A new report makes an analysis of the connection between piracy and oil bunkering in the Niger Delta. It notes that although deep offshore piracy has decreased, it has not disappeared. 

Information Fusion Centre (IFC) issued its latest infographic, providing a summary of incidents against ships in the Singapore Strait as of 1 December 2022.

Five incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia, comprising one CAT 21 incident, one CAT 32 incident, two CAT 43 incidents and one attempted incident, were reported to the ReCAAP ISC, from 22 to 28 November.

On November 28, a Danish court found a Nigerian man guilty of endangering the lives of Danish soldiers in a shooting incident on November 2021, involving the Danish frigate Esbern Snare and a crew of alleged Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Italian Navy is helping the tanker B. Ocean after it was robbed and left disabled by pirates, in the Gulf of Guinea.

Signatory States to the revised Code of Conduct concerning the repression of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden Area, also known as the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) 2017, have agreed the next steps to enhance implementation of the amended code.

Nigeria wants to prosecute Danish forces that were involved in the exchange of fire with alleged pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in November 2021. The African country also demands the release of a citizen that is being tried in Denmark after a fatal firefight.

South Korean officials confirmed that pirates boarded the product tanker B. Ocean near Cote d'Ivoire, which they released after a while.

ReCAAP ISC informed that three incidents of armed robbery against ships (all CAT 41 incidents) in Asia were reported.

In October 2022, five incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia. No incident of piracy was reported.