Brussels 13.10.2021 The Russian Northern Fleet task force deployed on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Guinea in the Eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean practised freeing a vessel simulating a situation of being seized by pirates, the Fleet’s press office reported on Wednesday, October 13. Russian Navy warships hold anti-piracy drills in Gulf…
Category: piracy
Gulf of Guinea pirate attacks
Brussels 26.04.2021 Two successive attacks on commercial vessels have just taken place in the Gulf of Guinea. On Friday (April 23), a container ship was attacked 130 nautical miles northwest of the island of Sao Tome (1 ° 27 North and 4 ° 38 East). The pirates were able to board the Contship New, which…
EU measures against piracy
Brussels 25.01.2021 The Council today approved conclusions launching the first pilot case of the Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) concept in the Gulf of Guinea. The CMP mechanism aims to increase the EU’s capacity as a reliable partner and maritime security provider, offering greater European operational engagement, ensuring a permanent maritime presence and outreach in Maritime Areas…
Nigeria: three pirates convicted
Nigerian court has announced the first convictions under a new anti-piracy law, ensuring the world’s shipping fleets that legal reforms will normalise the situation in the Gulf of Guinea. Three pirates are convicted in Nigeria under a new law brought in after a surge in attacks https://t.co/1hdrTwV0Y0 — Bloomberg (@business) August 12, 2020 The three…
Kidnapped Bulgarian capitan freed
Captain of a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship who was kidnapped along with seven other sailors by pirates off the coast of Benin last month, has been freed, Bulgaria’s foreign Ministry announced on May 25. https://twitter.com/titanprotect1/status/1264940962440269825?s=21 The Bulgarian captain of the container ship Tommi Ritscher, which was attacked at the port of Cotonou in the Gulf of…
Norway crew abducted in Benin
Nine crew members from Norway vessel have been abducted by pirates while anchored off the coast of the West African country of Benin. The Gulf of Guinea is notorious among maritime regions, plagued by piracy. (Image: illustration). Pirates boarded a shipping vessel and kidnapped nine crew members off the coast of Benin in West Africa…
Russian sailors abducted in Cameroon
The whereabouts of three Russian citizens from the crew of the vessel attacked in the Gulf of Guinea, close to Cameroon port of Douala on August 15, remain unknown, the Foreign Ministry announced. (Image above: illustration). “Based on the incoming information, on August 15, near the port of Douala (the Republic of Cameroon), unknown perpetrators attacked a cargo vessel…
Gen.Stickland new Commander of Atalanta
The EU’s Political and Security Committee has appointed Major General Charlie Stickland, a high-ranking military official in the Royal Marines, as new Operation Commander of the Operation Atalanta. He will take up his duties on 7 November 2017. Major General Charlie Stickland appointed new Operation Commander for @EUNAVFOR #OpAtalanta, the European Union Counter-Piracy operation off the…
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