News Archive for January, 2014
MISSING VESSEL FEARED HIJACKED: NIGERIAN PIRATES LAUNCH MOST SOUTHERN ATTACK TO DATE
Dryad Maritime is warning of the possible hijack of a Liberian flagged tanker MT Kerala. The vessel, owned by Dynacom Tankers, has been reported as missing off the coast of Angola, having last been sighted seven nautical miles NNW of Luanda. The tanker’s disappearance may represent a significant extension of maritime crime emanating from the […] » Continue reading
SOMALI PIRATES LAUNCH AUDACIOUS FIRST ATTACK OF 2014
Hot on the heels of the latest IMB annual report on piracy and maritime crime, heralding a welcome decrease in Somali piracy in 2013, we have the first confirmed piracy attack of 2014. In an audacious and determined attempt south of Salalah in the late hours of 17th January, a Mothership-enabled PAG attacked a transiting […] » Continue reading