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Vietnamese vessel escapes armed gunmen in Philippine waters, flees to Malaysia.

IMB's latest global piracy report details 68 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships - the lowest total since 1994 - down from 98 incidents during the same period last year. In the first six months of 2021, IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) reported 61 vessels boarded, four attempted attacks, two vessels fired upon and one vessel hijacked.

Pirates Attack On Tanker With 9 Armed Men - Dryad Piracy Incidents Analysis.

ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) figures show a rise in piracy and armed robbery on the world's seas in the first nine months of 2020, with a 40% increase in the number of kidnappings reported in the Gulf of Guinea. Pirates armed with guns and knives are abducting bigger groups of seafarers at further distances off the West African coast.

ReCAAP Piracy/Armed Robbery At Sea in Asia - Jan 2017.

Maritime Piracy and Armed Robbery in Asia Rises 18%.

Scores of Bangladeshi fishermen have been kidnapped by armed bandits while fishing in a secluded Bay of Bengal area off the coastal Patuakhali district, some 204 km south of capital Dhaka.

Scores of Bangladeshi fishermen have been kidnapped by armed bandits while fishing in a secluded Bay of Bengal area off the coastal Patuakhali district, some 204 km south of capital Dhaka.

Somali pirates marked first armed robbery in the Indian Ocean in months with the hijacking of Pakistani fishing boat off the coast of historic Eyl coastal town in northeastern Somalia...

Somali pirates marked first armed robbery in the Indian Ocean in months with the hijacking of Pakistani fishing boat off the coast of historic Eyl coastal town in northeastern Somalia...

Migrant rescue ship stuck off Italy rejects Spain port offer.

Lawyer claims Italy can't charge captain in Libya arms case.

EU Naval Force can confirm that the Malaysian flagged Motor Vessel MV Albedo, held by armed pirates at an anchorage close to the Somali Coast, has sunk in rough seas.

On August 17, while conducting search and rescue operations off the Libyan coast, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) rescue vessel the Bourbon Argos was approached and attacked by a group of armed men onboard an unidentified speedboat, MSF said today, strongly condemning the attack.

The asphalt and bitumen product tanker Ad Matsu was attacked by pirates in South China Sea on 15 nautical miles north off Tanjung Berakit, Indonesia. The vessel was en route from Singapore to Hai Phong, Vietnam, but near the island Pulau Bintan was reached by fast boat from the starboard. Six armed men succeeded to…

Plain-clothes officers may patrol over fears ships are a weak link in defence against terrorists.

One hundred and two incidents of piracy and armed robbery have been reported for the first quarter of 2012, with dangerously increasing numbers in West African waters, according to figures released today in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) global piracy report.

The Security Council today called for a comprehensive regional approach to combat the threat of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, and reiterated its call on Member States to prosecute perpetrators in accordance with international laws.

On Saturday 26 April the master of a dhow spoke of his relief after 6 armed pirates, who had taken his vessel and crew hostage, fled the scene after sightings of an EU Naval Force Spanish maritime patrol and reconnaissance (MPRA) aircraft.

In the shadow of alarming global statistics showing a continual increase in the number of piracy and armed robbery attacks against merchant ships, an international gathering of key maritime stakeholders discussed the major risks in a changing threat environment.

While pirate attacks on the world's seas have fallen for the third consecutive year, small tanker hijacks by armed gangs are escalating in Southeast Asia, reveals the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its latest piracy report.

Two separate piracy incidents on Saturday have led the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia