Pirates

Piracy may never be completely eradicated but with international cooperation, can be suppressed enough to ensure maritime safety most of the time

JUST as shipping finds itself caught up in geopolitics and under attack in the approaches to the Red Sea, a piracy threat in much the same area has re-emerged after a six-year hiatus.

ACTS of piracy remained stable worldwide in 2023, at a historically low level, despite a resurgence of tension in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, a maritime security centre announced on Monday (Jan ...

TWELVE nations led by the United States on Wednesday jointly warned Yemen’s Huthi rebels of unspecified consequences unless they halt sea attacks that are increasingly disrupting global commerce.

US HELICOPTERS repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk container vessel in the Red Sea, sinking three ships and killing 10 militants, according to accounts by American, Maersk, ...

ON OCT 27, a sea robbery onboard a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier was reported to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), which is operated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapo...

“UNIDENTIFIED persons” boarded a Singapore-registered oil tanker at about 10pm Singapore time on Monday (Apr 10), about 300 nautical miles (555.6 kilometres) off the Abidjan Coast, Cote d’Ivoire in a ...

OVER the past 30 or so years, the threat of piracy has been an ever-present curse on the international  shipping industry. At times, attacks were so frequent that global trade was disrupted and, in th...

[UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES] The UN Security Council voted Friday to extend a program that allows international naval forces to fight piracy off Somalia's coast, but only for three months, as the c...