by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 13, 2021 | News, Piracy, Shipping
The number of piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first six months of 2021 has dropped to the lowest level since 1994. IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre has recorded 68 occurrences down from 98 during the same period last year. While a welcome development, the IMB...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 7, 2021 | News, Piracy
The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia has reported five bulk carriers were boarded by pirates in the Singapore Strait in June. The organisation urges ships to be vigilant in the area and asks littoral states to...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 18, 2021 | News, Piracy
Not security on board ships, but international agreements should ensure that piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is stopped. Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Ferd Grapperhaus and Minister of Defence Ank Bijleveld said this in their response to parliamentary questions...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 21, 2021 | Piracy
Nigeria has taken delivery of the first aircraft with which the West African country will secure its coastal waters against piracy. The use of aircraft to detect and combat pirates is a crucial part of the so-called Deep Blue Project, which was launched two years ago....
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Piracy, Shipping
The Gulf of Guinea accounted for nearly half (43%) of all reported piracy incidents in the first three months of 2021, according to the latest figures from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). In addition, the region accounted for all forty kidnapped crew...
