Date of incident: 22/02/2018
Pirates in three skiffs opened fire on a merchant vessel approximately 158 nm off the coast of central Somalia. The vessel's on-board armed security team returned…
Date of incident: 04/02/2018
Two suspicious skiffs approached a tanker in the Gulf of Oman and conducted aggressive manoeuvres, coming within 500m of the vessel. The armed security team…
Date of incident: 01/02/2018
A possible hijacking has been reported at an unspecified location off the coast of Benin at 1627 hrs local time. The last known anchorage of the merchant vessel…
In response to the threats arising from the conflict in Yemen, BIMCO, ICS and INTERTANKO have published interim guidance on maritime security in the southern Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb. Members should…
On 24th January 2018 at 09:00ZHrs, a merchant tanker was attacked near position 03°30N – 006°20E (South/50nm from Brass, Nigeria). Navies on board merchant tanker repelled the attack.
Vessels…
A bulk carrier is reported to have come under attack at approximately 0900 hrs, Nov 11 to the south of Bonny Island by six armed pirates in a speedboat, at approximately 0900 hrs, Nov 11. Although it…
The Indian Navy’s INS TRISHUL reportedly thwarted a piracy attempt on the bulk carrier JAG AMAR (44127 gt, built 2017) in the Gulf of Aden. The INS TRISHUL pursued the attackers, arrested 12 and…
