Somali piracy surge: Update & guidance
After several years of relative calm, piracy activity off Somalia has flared again since late October, with coordinated pirate action groups operating far offshore in the Somali Basin and adjacent Indian Ocean. The most
Russia attacks two Ukrainian ports, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels
KYIV : Russia attacked two Ukrainian ports on Friday, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels including a ship carrying food supplies, Ukrainian officials and one ship owner said, days after Moscow threatened to cut “Ukraine off
US forces raided ship headed to Iran from China in Indian Ocean, WSJ says
WASHINGTON : A U.S. special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S.
Two ships of Russia’s sanctioned shadow fleet caught fire in the Black Sea off Türkiye
LONDON: Two sanctioned oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, have caught fire in the Black Sea a few dozen nautical miles off the Turkish coast. Their crews are safe as the causes of
11 dead, several missing after migrant boat sinks near Thai-Malaysia border
KO TARUTAO ISLAND : At least seven people have died after a boat carrying undocumented migrants sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia. Thirteen people have been rescued but dozens are missing. Malaysian
MSC suspends Mali services over fuel, security concerns
GENEVA: Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) said it was no longer accepting bookings for Mali due to security issues and a shortage of fuel resulting from a blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked militants. The two-month-old
EU forces free crew after Somali pirate attack on tanker
SOMALIA : European Union naval forces have rescued 24 sailors from a Maltese-flagged oil tanker that was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The Hellas Aphrodite, carrying petrol from India to South
Houthis say they hold 10 crew from Greek-operated ship they sank off Yemen
SANNA : Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they had rescued 10 seafarers from the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which they attacked and sank in the Red Sea earlier this month. The Liberia-flagged