Terrorism and the use of new technologies like weaponized drones against merchant shipping has superseded piracy as the top ...

In the just-ended calendar year, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) recorded 116 incidents of piracy and armed robbery ...

The hijacking of a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with up to 18 people on board in the waters off Somalia in November raised concerns about the return of piracy to the Gulf of Aden, where China has vast ...

including the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. However, the modern resurgence of piracy began in earnest in the early 2000s, correlating closely with the collapse of Somalia's central ...

KARACHI (Web Desk) - Pakistan Navy has taken over command for the eleventh time of the Combined Task Force-151 (CTF-151), a multinational body set up in 2009 as a response to piracy attacks in the ...

A Chinese fishing boat hijacked by armed Somali robbers at the end of November has been released and is travelling home. The ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy on Thursday took over the command for the 11th time of the Combined Task Force-151 (CTF-151), a multinational body set up in 2009 as a response to piracy attacks in the Gulf o ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Mogadishu, Jan 14 (IANS) A global maritime body on Tuesday urged operators of foreign vessels to remain ...

Houthi attacks on shipping in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea have driven calls ... shipping with a primary contact for the US's anti-piracy fleet, which is required to assist all vessels in ...

East China's Zhejiang province on Sunday to take over an escort mission from the previous fleet in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. [Photo/Xinhua] HANGZHOU -- A new fleet of the ...

Those concerns were once again at the fore on Monday, when China announced through its embassy in Mogadishu that the boat and its crew had finally been released after the unremitting efforts of ...