Nigerian Pirates Release Kidnapped S. Korean Fishermen

By The Maritime Executive 07-27-2020 04:06:44

Five South Korean fishermen who were kidnapped from the purse seiner Panofi Frontier in the Gulf of Guinea have been released...

Offshore Supply Vessel Attacked off the Coast of Mexico

By The Maritime Executive 07-27-2020 03:05:27

An offshore supply vessel has reportedly been attached in the waters near the Mexican state of Veracruz. This latest attack highli...

By The Maritime Executive 07-19-2020 08:53:13

The number of piracy and armed robbery incidents reported in Asian waters has more than doubled in the first half of 2020 compared...

By The Maritime Executive 07-17-2020 04:59:23

Days after the ICC International Maritime Bureau cited the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa as being the most dangerous for commerci...

By The Maritime Executive 07-15-2020 08:30:08

Violent attacks against ships and their crews rose by 20 percent in the first half of 2020 according to a mid-year update from the...

By The Conversation 07-05-2020 11:19:09

In early April, eight armed raiders boarded the container ship Fouma as it entered the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador. They fired warn...

By The Maritime Executive 07-03-2020 07:37:33

A cargo vessel was the latest target of pirates in the waters off Benin. This attack came just one day after reports of an even mo...

By The Maritime Executive 07-02-2020 09:30:17

Reports are coming in of another Nigerian pirate incident in the Gulf of Guinea. While it is a difficult area of the global, repor...

By The Maritime Executive 05-28-2020 04:51:11

In a statement Thursday, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) expressed "growing frustration at the ineffectiveness of the inter...

By The Maritime Executive 05-26-2020 05:42:47

Nine Georgian sailors are reportedly on their way home after having been kidnapped by pirates in the waters off Nigeria. This is j...