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Monthly Piracy Report for January 2014

February 25, 2014 by Officer of the Watch 5 Comments

During January 2014 piracy activity increased in West Africa with the Oil Tanker Kerala hijacking taking place as far south as Luanda, Angola. From the four kidnappings that were reported during last month, the three of them took place in Nigeria while one occurred in Equatorial Guinea. On the other hand attacks (mostly robberies) in Southeast Asia were down in January 2014 from December 2013. Up until the date this report is being published the areas of maritime piracy related incidents worldwide are as follows:

Arabian Sea: 1
East Africa: 1
South China Sea: 8
West Africa: 3

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Filed Under: PIRACY REPORT Tagged With: anti-piracy, armed robbery, east africa, piracy, somalia, south china sea, west africa

Monthly Piracy Report for December 2013

January 22, 2014 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

On a monthly basis the Officer of the Watch Blog publishes a report regarding maritime piracy incidents. The report focuses mainly on vessels of the Merchant Navy (Bulk Carrier, Chemical Tankers, Containerships etc). Up until the date this report is being published the areas of maritime piracy related incidents worldwide are as follows:

Arabian Sea: 1
East Africa: 3
Malacca Strait: 3
North Atlantic Ocean: 1
South America: 2
South China Sea: 11
West Africa: 4

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Filed Under: PIRACY REPORT Tagged With: armed robbery, gulf of aden, piracy, somalia, west africa

Monthly Piracy Report for November 2013

December 24, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

On a monthly basis the Officer of the Watch Blog publishes a report regarding maritime piracy incidents. The report focuses mainly on vessels of the Merchant Navy (Bulk Carrier, Chemical Tankers, Containerships etc). Up until the date this report is being published the figures of maritime piracy related incidents worldwide, according to IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, are as follows:

Total Incidents Worldwide: 234
Total Hijackings Worldwide: 12
Somali related Incidents: 13
Nigeria related Incidents: 30

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Filed Under: PIRACY REPORT Tagged With: armed robbery, gulf of aden, IMB, piracy, somalia, west africa

Monthly Piracy Report for October 2013

November 29, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

On a monthly basis the Officer of the Watch Blog publishes a report regarding maritime piracy incidents. The report focuses mainly on vessels of the Merchant Navy (Bulk Carrier, Chemical Tankers, Containerships etc). Up until the date this report is being published the figures of maritime piracy related incidents worldwide, according to IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, are as follows:

Total Incidents Worldwide: 206
Total Hijackings Worldwide: 11
Somali related Incidents: 11
Nigeria related Incidents: 30

The above figures were last updated up until the last week of October 2013. A PDF version of this post is also available by clicking the following link in order to download OOW Piracy Monthly Report for September 2013. The PDF version of this report can be also found in the OOW profile in Scribd by clicking HERE.

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Filed Under: PIRACY REPORT Tagged With: armed robbery, gulf of aden, IMB, piracy, somalia, west africa

Monthly Piracy Report for September 2013

October 22, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

On a monthly basis the Officer of the Watch Blog publishes a report regarding maritime piracy incidents. The report focuses mainly on vessels of the Merchant Navy (Bulk Carrier, Chemical Tankers, Containerships etc). Up until the date this report is being published the figures of maritime piracy related incidents worldwide, according to IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, are as follows:

Total Incidents Worldwide: 206
Total Hijackings Worldwide: 11
Somali related Incidents: 11
Nigeria related Incidents: 30

The above figures were last updated on 22 October 2013. A PDF version of this post is also available by clicking the following link in order to download OOW Piracy Monthly Report for September 2013. The PDF version of this report can be also found in the OOW profile in Scribd by clicking HERE.

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Filed Under: PIRACY REPORT Tagged With: armed robbery, gulf of aden, IMB, piracy, somalia, west africa

Monthly Piracy Report August 2013

September 5, 2013 by Officer of the Watch Leave a Comment

On a monthly basis the Officer of the Watch Blog publishes a report regarding maritime piracy incidents. The report focuses mainly in vessels of the Merchant Navy (Bulk Carrier, Chemical Tankers, Containerships etc). Up until the date this report is being published the figures of maritime piracy related incidents worldwide is as follows:

Total Incidents Worldwide: 176
Total Hijackings Worldwide: 10
Somali related Incidents: 10
Vessels held by Somali Pirates: 4
Hostages held by Somali Pirates: 57
Nigeria related Incidents: 28

A PDF version of this post is also available by clicking the following link in order to download OOW Piracy Monthly Report for August 2013. The PDF version of this report can be also found in the OOW profile in Scribd by clicking HERE.