Topic: International Maritime Bureau

Sea piracy has reached record levels with 352 attacks reported worldwide so far this year, a maritime watchdog said Tuesday, although more and more raids off epicentre Somalia are being thwarted.The report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) hailed coordinated international ...
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker and its crew off the Nigerian coast, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday.The pirates boarded the tanker, believed to be a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, on Saturday, IMB manager Cyrus Mody told AFP from ...

Indonesian pirate attack thwarted off Malaysia

Malaysian maritime authorities said they arrested six Indonesians attempting to rob a ship in the Strait of Malacca, the latest in a surge of piracy attacks in the strategic waterway.The suspects were spotted by Malaysian patrols early Sunday morning as they ...

W. Africa piracy surge 'points to organised gang'

A surge in pirate attacks off West Africa has led to mounting concern in the shipping industry, and analysts say a gang involved in the lucrative black market for stolen fuel appears to be the main culprit.The increase in attacks in ...

Pirate attacks on the rise: world maritime body

Attacks on the world's seas are soaring as armed and dangerous pirates become increasingly emboldened, seizing more ships than before and taking even bigger risks, an international body said Thursday.In the first six months of 2011, there were 266 piracy ...

Piracy watchdog issues South China Sea alert

A global maritime watchdog on Friday warned ships traversing the South China Sea bordering Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore following the hijack of three tugboats and a barge in recent weeks.Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) piracy reporting ...

Attacks off Somalia drive piracy to record high

Piracy hit an all-time high in the first three months of 2011, with 142 attacks worldwide, driven mainly by raids off the lawless Somali coast, a maritime watchdog said Thursday.A total of 97 attacks were recorded off Somalia in the first ...
Pirates in a fishing boat opened fire on a chemical vessel in a suspected robbery attempt off the coast of Nigeria, an international maritime agency said on Friday.The International Maritime Bureau said the sailors of the vessel spotted a fishing boat ...
By M. Jegathesan. . KUALA LUMPUR — Pirates kidnapped a record number of seafarers in 2010 in an "alarming" escalation of the crisis centred on...

Pirate attacks down off Africa, up in Asian waters

0 . Pirates are increasingly attacking ships in the South China Sea and Indonesian waters, but fewer incidents off Somalia have caused the ...