Iranian warship responded to distress signal from US-flagged Maersk Texas, which was besieged by "several pirate boats". full story ![]()
ABUJA (Reuters) - Pirates have kidnapped five crew members from a cargo ship off Nigeria, a piracy watchdog and a security source said on Monday, part of a growing trend of attacks that are pushing up maritime insurance costs in the Gulf of Guinea.
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ABUJA (Reuters) - Pirates have released five Polish and Russian crew members they kidnapped from a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month, the vessel's management company said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Three foreign sailors kidnapped from their British-operated cargo ship by pirates last month off the coast of Nigeria have been released, the vessel's operator said on Monday.
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ABUJA (Reuters) - Pirates have released five Polish and Russian crew members they kidnapped from a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria last month, the vessel's management company said. Piracy is increasing in the west Africa's Gulf of Guinea, an important exporting region for oil, cocoa and metals, and insecurity is driving up shipping costs. The hostages were taken when the...
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Tobias Lindholm’s lean, almost documentary-style account of the boarding and ransom of a Danish cargo ship by Somali pirates, A...
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PIRATES off the coast of Nigeria and Cameroon have attacked a UK-flagged ship and kidnapped three sailors.
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Prosecutors in Italy have placed the captain of a cargo ship under investigation for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed into a dock at Genoa's port, toppling the control tower, and killing at least seven people.
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The crew of a cargo ship are taken hostage by Somali pirates in a new film written and directed by Borgen scriptwriter Tobias Lindholm
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The privately owned cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific on Tuesday, five hours after leaving the International Space Station.
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