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(Apr 14 2022)
Istanbul’s Bosporus Strait is threatened by naval mines drifting across the Black Sea from Ukraine.
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(Mar 03 2022)
Announcing an illegal "counter-terrorist operation" on the territory of the sovereign state of Ukraine and in the international waters of the northwestern Black Sea, ships of the russian navy captured two more civilian Ukrainian ships.
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(Mar 03 2022)
A chemical tanker was hit by shelling in the Black Sea near Ukraine, forcing 10 sailors to leap overboard and seriously injuring two.
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(Feb 24 2022)
One solution to providing security for tankers offshore West Africa is a private vessel with state navy personnel onboard. PVI offers this service.
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(Feb 03 2022)
Early reporting suggests that the product vessel MT B OCEAN may have been attacked whilst operating offshore. All crew are reported safe.
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(Dec 16 2021)
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information says Ghana will push for an international response to address the incidence of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) when it takes its seat on the UN Security Council in January 2022.
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(Dec 07 2021)
BIMCO’s Documentary Committee has approved a new standard contract for security escort vessels (SEVs).
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(Dec 07 2021)
Between October and November of 2021, 3 foreign navies had announced their presence in Nigerian waters, with 2 out of 3 helping to thwart what would have been another major maritime threat on containerized vessels operating in the nation’s waters.
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(Dec 07 2021)
The Gulf of Guinea has been the global epicentre of maritime crime and piracy for some time, however, throughout 2021 the well-established trend of increasing incidents has declined significantly.
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(Dec 02 2021)
Danish Naval forces kill four pirates in Gulf of Guinea.
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(Dec 02 2021)
Latest incident involving Danish frigate highlights severity of piracy threat in the Gulf of Guinea.
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(Nov 25 2021)
Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed the locations of two Iranian drone bases that he said were used to conduct attacks against targets at sea in recent months.
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(Nov 18 2021)
Nigeria and five African countries agreed to adopt the Yaoundé Code of Conduct (YCC) with a view to sustaining the low level of pirate attacks on vessels in the Gulf of Guinea.
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(Oct 21 2021)
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported the lowest number of reported piracy and armed robbery incidents for the first nine months of any year since 1994.
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(Oct 21 2021)
The Iranian naval forces prevented pirates from attacking one of the country’s oil tankers in the Gulf of Aden.
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