Piracy Activity off West Africa The Turkish-flagged product tanker was boarded 363 nautical miles SSW of Nova Sintra, Cabo Verde, in a significant escalation in terms of the way pirates...
PAUL AND RACHEL CHANDLER, THE RETIRED KENT COUPLE KIDNAPPED FROM THEIR YACHT BY SOMALI PIRATES MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, HAVE BEEN RELEASED, UNHARMED. Latest update by Sky News 12:48...
On 13 March 2017 Somali pirates hijacked the MT ARIS 13 as it was preparing to cut through the Socotra Gap between the tip of Somalia and the island of...
As reported by BBC News and Yahoo News A cruising couple held hostage for 20 months after being kidnapped by Somali pirates have been freed, Somalia’s defense minister said today....
Somalia has for centuries been a troublesome country and piracy in one form or another has taken place for hundreds of years. Things weren’t much better ashore, as Burton and...
French boat “Reve a Deux” share detailed feedback and learnings from the passage on their blog. Complete with charts and pictures it covers the preparation of the trip, their experience...
