Pirates have hijacked a Singapore-owned oil tanker in the Nigerian port of Lagos – the third attack in just over two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea, the International Maritime Bureau said on...
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- May 24, 2013
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24 Jun 2012
It was only a few years ago that armed pirates hijacked a cargo ship just outside Hong Kong waters and cracked open the hold, only to find it full of chicken legs.
The pirates, who...
6:21PM
8 May 2012
Four former crew on the South Korean supertanker Samho Dream are planning to seek compensation in Hong Kong's Admiralty Court for the emotional trauma of being held hostage after the ship was...
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1 May 2012
Two mainland warships that escorted Hong Kong vessels through dangerous waters off Somalia played host to more than a thousand visitors at Stonecutters Island yesterday.
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8 Apr 2012
The crew of a hijacked mainland cargo ship were yesterday praised for their bravery and quick thinking in helping thwart a hijacking by Somali pirates off the southern coast of Iran.
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9 Mar 2012
Two Chinese fishermen released by Somali pirates early last year after a nine-month hostage ordeal still have not received the compensation promised them - and they say Beijing's representatives...
9:36AM
The number of pirate attacks fell to 439 last year, down from 445 in 2010, but Somali pirates continued to account for most incidents, according to the International Maritime Bureau's global...
5:47AM
Somali pirates have freed the Hong Kong-managed chemical tanker Fairchem Bogey, almost five months after the ship was hijacked in a daring attack in the outer port area of Salalah in Oman.
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China and other nations operating independent naval patrols to combat Somali pirates may have to send extra warships next year to make up for a shortfall in patrolling vessels as Western navies...
11:53PM
Hong Kong's exporters have urged container lines to explain the level of security surcharges imposed to pay for armed guards and other anti-piracy paraphernalia on ships transiting the Indian...
11:36PM
The world's merchant shipping firms may soon encounter their worst year yet from piracy off the Somali coast.
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