LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An SK Shipping tanker has been confirmed as the victim of a hijacking for the second time this year in the Gulf of Guinea. Piracy reporting body Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea (MDAT GoG) had reportedly said communication had been lost with the 5,700-dwt B Ocean (built 2010) on…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Report has emerged that no fewer that eighty four ships were attacked and one hundred and thirty seafarers abduct by sea pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020. According to the International Maritime Bureau, there were nearly 50 percent increase in kidnapping for ransom between 2018 and 2019, and around 10…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sea pirates have attacked the Bonga oil field in between Delta and Rivers states, abducting six workers of the Julius Berger Construction Company who were on board a barge. SaharaReporters learnt that the pirates also attacked the captain of the tow barge, and had reached out to the company to demand $1.5…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates have kidnapped 15 crew members from a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Guinea after boarding the vessel off the coast of Benin, the ship’s Dutch owners said on Friday. The latest incident of high-seas piracy happened on Thursday afternoon around 210 nautical miles (389 kilometres) south of Cotonou when pirates…
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 JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates who kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday have made their first contact with the shipping company to discuss a ransom, Turkish state media reported on Thursday. “Communication has been established with crew members of the Mozart container ship,” Istanbul-based Boden Shipping, which…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates who seized 15 sailors when they stormed a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea two days ago have not yet made contact with authorities, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Monday. An Azeri sailor was killed when armed attackers boarded the vessel, which was headed to Cape Town from Lagos,…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore than usual. One sailor was killed in the raid, an Azerbaijani citizen, while those kidnapped are from Turkey, according to the respective…