Tag: maritime piracy

A yacht carrying five people, three Russians and two Egyptians reportedly went missing days ago off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.

Iran has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman while it was in transit in international waters, the United States Navy said on Thursday.

Two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (both CAT 4 incidents) were reported to ReCAAP ISC, between 18 – 24 April.

ReCAAP ISC informs that a total of 25 incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia during January-March 2023. This accounts for a 9% increase in the total number of incidents during the same period in 2022.

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.

Two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (one CAT 3 incident and one CAT 4 incident) were reported to ReCAAP ISC, between 11 – 17 April.

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.

One CAT 4 incident of armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to ReCAAP ISC, between 4 - 10 Apr.

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.