LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Global shipping leaders are calling for a beefed-up naval presence off west Africa, amid warnings that the region is facing a Somali-style piracy crisis. Vessels passing through the Gulf of Guinea, a vast stretch of water from Senegal to Angola, are suffering increasingly violent attacks by gangs who operate with near “impunity”…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Mozart was 200 miles off Nigeria’s coast when the pirates made their assault, their speed boat cutting through the Gulf of Guinea’s waters to outpace the container ship. Armed men scrambled onboard as the Turkish crew locked down in the ship’s “citadel” secure area. For six hours, pirates used the ship’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Navy on Monday deployed a total 14 warships and two helicopters to tackle the rising case of pirates’ attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. Security reports from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) had indicated an increase in maritime crime around the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). But the Chief of Naval…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A bulk carrier belonging to NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping is reported safe and its crew unharmed after a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea. The incident was confirmed Monday by Eagle Bulk Shipping in a tweet informing that its owned Ultramax bulker carrier Rowayton Eagle was hijacked about 240 miles southeast…