Somali pirates seized an Indonesian chemical tanker Friday with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, maritime watchdog bodies reported. The Singapore-flagged ...
Somali pirates captured a freighter, a bulk carrier and a chemical tanker in a few days, defying foreign warships in the Gulf of ...
Somali pirates have freed a Malaysian tugboat and its 11 Indonesian sailors after a ransom was paid to end the second-longest hostage saga off the coast of Somalia, a maritime watchdog said on Monday. The TB Masindra 7 and its attached Indonesian ...
Somali pirates have freed a Malaysian tugboat and its 11 Indonesian sailors after a ransom was paid to end the second longest hostage saga off the coast of Somalia, a maritime watchdog said Monday. The TB Masindra 7 and its attached Indonesian ...
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - When agents for Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson came looking for Andrew Mwangura in Kenya, he could not meet them -- he was on the run. The man they call the "Pirate Whisperer" was dodging both local authorities ...
Somali pirates on Saturday released an Italian-operated, British-owned cargo ship that was seized in April, two maritime watchdog organisations said. "The MV Malspina Castle was freed by her captors at around 5:30pm local time (1430 GMT)... after a ransom had been delivered," ...
Somali pirates on Saturday released an Italian-operated British-owned cargo ship that was seized in April, two maritime watchdog organisations said. "The MV Malspina Castle was freed by her captors at around 5.30 pm local time (1430 GMT) ... after a ransom had ...
Somali pirates on Thursday hijacked a Dutch ship with eight crew members in the Gulf of Aden, the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme said. "Pirates seized a small Dutch ship with eight crew. It was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden two ...
Somali pirates on Saturday hijacked a British-owned bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean, the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme said. "A UK-owned bulk carrier was hijacked earlier today, 250 nautical miles southwest of the Seychelles," the maritime watchdog's Kenya-based chairman, Andrew Mwangura, ...
Kenyan police accuse piracy watchdog official of criminal activity Kenyan police have arrested a maritime watchdog official on suspicion of criminal activity just days after the official gave reporters sensitive information about a hijacked arms freighter off Somalia's coast. Coastal province police ...
Somali pirates have released a German-operated ship and a Japanese tanker seized last month, a Kenyan maritime organisation said Thursday. The German's Antigua and Barbuda-flagged MV BBC Trinidad and Japanese MT Irene were seized on August 21 off the unpatrolled Somali coast, ...
Pirates attacked a German-owned cargo ship flying under a Maltese flag and captured its 17-strong crew overnight in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Saturday. "A cereal carrier has been seized overnight (Friday to Saturday) in the eastern part of the Gulf ...
