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Kidnapping - 14nm NNW Pennington Terminal

Reporting indicates that the St Kitts flagged general cargo vessel MILAN (IMO 8113619) has been boarded 14nm NNM of the Pennington Terminal 10nm from shore. .
November 26, 2020

COVID-secure yacht support vessel concept Haven revealed

The team behind the World Superyacht Award-winning support vessel Hodor has unveiled a new COVID-19 inspired shadow vessel concept named Haven.
November 26, 2020

Oil Tanker Owner Says Ship Attacked in Saudi Arabian Red Sea

An oil tanker came under attack while at a Saudi Arabian terminal in the Red Sea about 125 miles north of the country’s border with Yemen, according to the vessel’s owner.
November 26, 2020

Incident AL SHUQAIQ anchorage Saudi Arabia

Reporting suggests that the Maltese-flagged Crude Tanker vessel AGRARI IMO:9389083 has been involved in an incident at the Al Shuqaiq anchorage.
November 25, 2020

Nigerian Court Jails Seven for Stealing Oil

A Nigerian court has sentenced six foreigners and one Nigerian to seven years in prison for oil theft, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Tuesday, three years after the navy..
November 25, 2020

Are Zanzibar and Tanzania safe?

The beauty of Zanzibar – the dhows sailing out in the ocean, the narrow alleys and carved doors of Stone Town – masks the painful reality that it is one of the places in the world still stunted by..
November 25, 2020

The Number of Small Fishing Vessels Smuggling Illegal Drugs Has Tripled

A lack of options for commercial fishermen in coastal communities has led to a boom in trafficking
November 24, 2020

The impact of COVID on maritime gender pay

It looks like the gender pay gap in the maritime industry has taken one step forward and two steps back. Today, Spinnaker’s Maritime HR Association shared their gender pay gap statistics for 2020...
November 24, 2020

Piracy thrives off West Africa despite COVID crushing global shipping

This August, the final captives held hostage by Somali pirates were finally released after an excruciatingly long captivity. The stretch of coast off East Africa where the captives were taken in 2015..
November 24, 2020
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Navy’s Support for the Maritime Deep Blue Project

As the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s Deep Blue Project, a security structure designed to secure all anchorage areas in the nation’s maritime domain, is gradually coming to..
November 23, 2020