Maritime Piracy
Global Piracy Report: Q3
The following is an extract taken from our Quarterly Piracy Assessment which is available for purchase. Contact our team for further details. SOUTHEAST ASIA NYA recorded 18 maritime security incidents in Southeast ...
Violent Piracy in Southeast Asia – A Feature of the Past?
ReCaap’s July 2018 Monthly Report recorded not only a year-on-year decline in piracy incidents for January to July compared to 2017, but also a significant reduction in the number of violent incidents ...
Gulf of Guinea: Mother ships used to target vessels deep offshore
PDF Download An approach by a pirate action group (PAG) using a mother ship approximately 280NM south of Lomé, Togo, during July marked the furthest offshore incident recorded by NYA since 17 ...
Consistently High Piracy Levels off Nigeria likely to lead to increased shipping costs
Economic cost of Piracy to West Africa estimated at $820m PDF Download After another vessel hijacking off the Niger Delta on 17 May 2018, concerns were raised in early June that foreign ...
Saudi-led coalition forces advance on Al-Hudaydah in Yemen
SAUDI-LED COALITION FORCES ADVANCE ON AL-HUDAYDAH IN YEMEN NYA Insights Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen On 13 June forces of the Saudi-backed coalition advanced on the strategic port city of Al-Hudaydah in ...
The shifting maritime threat off East Africa: Yemen
NEW PIRACY TRENDS IN 2018 On 23 May US-based NGO Oceans Beyond Piracy released their annual report on the state of global maritime piracy in 2017. The report detailed a significant increase ...
Maritime kidnappings in West Africa increase significantly in 2018
NYA OBSERVES A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MARITIME KIDNAPPINGS IN WEST AFRICA IN 2018 The first four months of 2018 (January-April) saw a substantial increase in the number of people ...
Pirates attack vessel in the Malacca Strait for first time since 2015
On 24 April 2018 NYA MarTrack™ recorded an attack in the Malacca Strait for the first time since December 2015. Pirates armed with machetes and firearms attempted to rob and kidnap the ...
