Unconfirmed media reporting has indicated that the MV HYPERION RAY (IMO9690559), has been involved in an incident off the coast of Fujairah.  The original source […]

The Yemeni group claimed to have targeted Aramco’s refineries in the coastal cities of Jeddah and Jubail but Saudi Arabia has yet to confirm. Yemen’s […]

The incidents of armed robbery against ships continued to occur to ships while underway in the Singapore Strait. During 8 – 11 Apr 21, three […]

The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems […]

BEIRUT: The Syrian government signed a 4-year contract with a Russian company for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean Sea that could spark a […]

As part of efforts to stem insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria has agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three other […]

Four Nigerian Navy Ships are to collaborate with the Spanish Navy War Ship (SNS) Furor, to conduct a two-day sea exercise to develop capacity toward […]

French Marine Nationale ships have recorded five seizures of illicit drugs in just six days whilst participating in a counter-narcotics focused operation under the command […]

Dryad Reporting indicates that the Iran-flagged cargo vessel MV ‘SAVIZ‘ has suffered an explosion whilst operating in the Lower Red Sea in position 15°09N 041°01E . The Iranian flagged SAVIZ […]

In its recently issued Casebook containing safety lessons learned from maritime incidents, the Swedish Club describes a piracy attack on a tanker while waiting to […]

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/3/29/can-another-suez-canal-blockage-be-avoided Salvage crews refloat container vessel stuck on major shipping route. A major disruption to global trade is closer to being resolved. Salvage crews set […]

There’s no vaccine against poor mental health, writes Johan Smith from Sailors’ Society. As so many have said, we live in unprecedented times. First, we […]

Executive Summary 31 incidents took place in 24 different countries within the Energy sector, involving 64 fatalities and 211injuries. Fire and explosion were the biggest […]

Divers were scouring the waters of the Java Sea on Sunday for 17 fishermen reported missing after their boat capsized following a crash involving a […]

Many South Africans, some contractors working on the construction of the French Total energy company’s Afungi liquid natural gas processing plant, were caught up in […]

Security forces tasked with tackling oil smuggling are benefiting from the illicit business they are mandated to curb. Nigeria ranks first on the list of countries worldwide […]

Hebrew-language broadcaster Channel 12 has  reported that an Israeli vessel was reportedly damaged in an Iranian missile attack while sailing through the Arabian sea towards […]

he Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have lamented that the security architecture of the country has broken down and that the country is drifting […]

The French government on Wednesday expressed willingness to offer the Nigerian Navy its full cooperation, to tackle piracy and other forms of insecurity in the Gulf of […]

British ex-cop ‘grabs AK-47 and kills two Islamists’ to escape five-day assault on Mozambique gas city: Another Briton is killed and others missing as jihadis […]

The Ever Given container ship has been successfully refloated after being stranded in the Suez Canal for almost a week,authorities say, following an around-the-clock international effort to […]

SIGN THE PETITION HERE…. The world’s 1.6 million seafarers transport 90 per cent of the goods we rely upon on a daily basis. They can […]

According to the Philippine Coast Guard (ReCAAP Focal Point), the Joint Operating Elements of the 2nd Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines […]

Brookings Writes In early 1991 a few miles off of the coast of Somalia—just as Mohamed Siad Barre’s dictatorship was collapsing—the merchant vessel Naviluck was attacked […]

That morning, Capt. Ripusudan Prasad phoned his wife, Anita, as he did every day from the oil tanker he commanded, the MT Duke.The ship was […]

Singapore, as one of the 20 Contracting Parties to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery (ReCAAP), and host to the ReCAAP […]

The Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have strengthened maritime security with the deployment of hitech assets for vessel protection. Both […]

Over recent months the bloody insurgency in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has taken an unprecedented maritime turn. If it worsens, it could […]

The  IMO’s Strategy for implementing sustainable maritime security measures in West and Central Africa outlines IMO’s undertaken and programmed work to implement all of the key areas […]

Naval tensions have increased dramatically since a series of incidents in 2019. Recent tensions at sea include allegations by Iran that Israel has carried out […]

Former Niger Delta agitators have accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the lnterim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Gen. Milland Dikio (rtd) […]

Sources are reporting that Pirates have hijacked an Iraqi ship that was stranded outside the country’s waters and took it to an unknown location, the […]

Several piracy incidents in recent months, particularly kidnappings of seafarers, have highlighted the threats to commercial shipping in the Gulf of Guinea. While the situation has […]

MDAT-GOG NOTICE Released on behalf of MMCC Area E Description: The Area E experienced 2 attacks between 11 and 14 March 2021. As efforts are intensified […]

Reports of the The MSC cruise ship MSC Lirica has suffered what appearesto be a major fire while docked at the port of Corfu in […]

Reporting indicates that a vessel was boarded 208nm South of Lagos. All crew are reportedly mustered in the citadel. Reporting indicates that the perpetrators have left […]

Unconfirmed Iranian media reporting indicates that the Iran-flagged container vessel ‘SHAHR E KORD’ has suffered an explosion whilst operating in the Eastern Mediterranean offshore Haifa. Unverified imagery appears to indicate that an explosion occurred within one […]

Nigeria will commission $195 million worth of aircraft, boats and vehicles in the next three months to strengthen security in the pirate-infested Gulf of Guinea, […]

Reporting indicates that Maltese flagged MT DAVIDE B (IMO9721750) has been boarded by 9 armed individuals 213nm South Cotonou, 15 crew reported kidnapped.  Reporting indicates that […]

Reports says The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has said that its men killed four suspected sea robbers terrorising Iwukpom/Opolum water channel in Ibeno Local […]

The use of armed guards on merchant ships, according to Skuld Club, has been expressly prohibited by the Nigerian Navy’s Chief of Naval Staff since […]

UKMTO reporting indicates that that a vessel has reported being approached by four small craft.  Reporting indicates that that a vessel has reported being approached […]

Indonesian authorities said on Friday that firearms and ammunition have been found on an Iranian supertanker, one of the two vessels seized in the country’s […]

An incident this week in the region of the Sulu-Celebes seas near the Philippines has prompted ReCAAP, the regional cooperation on security in the region, […]

Despite the decrease in trade and travel brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic, 2020 saw a distinct rise in maritime piracy at some of […]

A Citadel is a designated pre-planned area purpose built into the ship where, in the event of imminent boarding by pirates, all crew will seek […]

The people of Nembe and Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have vowed to stand up against continued activities of suspected criminals operating along […]

The MDAT-GOG has been in operation since 20 June 16. It is a virtual reporting mechanism supporting the interregional architecture defined by the Yaounde Code […]

Nigeria’s 2009 peace deal to end amnesty in the oil-rich Niger-Delta region may never be devoid of controversies. For apparent reasons, the 2009 Presidential Amnesty […]

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues its devastating impact, Sailors’ Society’s CEO Sara Baade highlights why we’ve joined more than 400 companies to sign the Neptune […]