Today’s pirates use state-of-the-art weapons instead of cutlasses and canons. They comb coastal waters in high-speed boats and operate on the high seas from motherships. Modern pirates operate both in ports and on the open sea. Their crimes range from simple theft to stealing entire ships and murder.
In a recent report published by the International Maritime Bureau it was announced that there was a 54% drop in global piracy during the first half of 2012.
One of the key contributors to this welcome development was the fall in both Somali hijackings and attacks. There are many factors which have led to this, two of which were the work of military forces in the region and self-protection measures taken by commercial shipping.
25.02.19 Maritime Security – IMB 2018 Piracy Report Released
31.07.18 West Africa remains a piracy hotspot
25.07.18 Piracy – Best Management Practices Version 5 and Global Counter…
28.02.18 Piracy in West Africa – a persistent and serious treat
24.01.18 The international Maritime Bureau (IMB) publishes its 2017 annua…
08.12.17 Ransom Money in Piracy – Some Legal Clarifications
06.12.17 South East Asia – Five New Piracy incidents
12.01.17 ICC IMB: 2016 Annual Piracy Report Published
12.10.15 Somali Piracy: Reduction in High Risk Area in BMP4
05.05.14 Piracy in West Africa
22.04.14 GUARDCON – Amendments for West Africa
10.02.14 Kerala inquisition ongoing
23.01.14 Somali pirates nabbed
28.08.13 Plea for Operation Atlanta to stay despite fall in piracy
27.08.13 BIMCO revised Piracy Clauses in 2013
07.08.13 Is Piracy risk covered by the Marine Cargo Insurance？
18.07.13 Pirates hijack tanker MV Cotton
16.07.13 Albedo boats spotted
28.03.13 Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea – an update
22.03.13 Insight: Piracy – Gulf of Guinea
29.02.13 MAST Piracy Review 2012
18.01.13 2012 HRA Piracy
09.01.13 Piracy – Gulf of Guinea
19.10.12 Latest update on whether piracy is an off-hire event
24.09.12 Anti – piracy: Shipowner, stay on your toes!
21.09.12 Piracy – Recent Attacks Underline Piracy Risks
06.09.12 Armed Robbery – Ecuador
14.08.12 MAST Piracy Report 23rd July – 1st August 2012
19.07.12 Somalian Piracy – IMO Guidance on the use of Armed Security Personnel
17.07.12 MAST Piracy Report 4th – 11th July 2012
09.07.12 MAST Piracy Report 27th June – 4th July 2012
04.07.12 MAST Piracy Report 6th – 27th June 2012
13.06.12 MAST Piracy Report 24th May – 6th June 2012
30.05.12 MAST Piracy Report 18th – 24th May 2012
19.05.12 Piracy – increasing number of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea
18.04.12 BMP4-Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia …
29.02.12 Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea – West Africa
06.02.12 Club Circulars 6 Feb 2012
30.08.11 The costs of K&R and piracy Loss of Hire insurance, should these be …
19.07.11 The correlations between the increasing war risk additional premium …
19.07.11 Club Circulars 18 July 2011 – ALCO
16.06.11 Introduction of Kidnap & Ransom and Piracy Loss of Hire
23.05.11 Club Circulars 20 May 2011 – ALCO
11.05.11 Citadel saves the vessel from piracy – MV. Full City
21.04.11 Latest Piracy Updates
17.03.11 Libya and Piracy Updates
05.03.11 Piracy Update
24.02.11 Pirates shoot US crew dead
27.01.11 Somalia Piracy Circular
14.12.10 Piracy Series (III)
