Pirate Attack Oil Tanker

An Iranian warship on Saturday repulsed an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden, the country's naval chief said.

Pirates attacked a Malaysian oil tanker in the Malacca Straits and siphoned off its load, the Malaysian navy and officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of hijackings raising tension in Southeast Asia's busy sea lanes.

Malaysia is hunting for a group of machete-wielding pirates who hijacked a tanker off its eastern coast, stealing a million litres of oil, in the latest in a spate of attacks in its waters, an official said Thursday.

Pirates have released an Indonesian-bound Thai tanker after stealing its oil cargo, in the latest attack in Southeast Asian waters, the International Maritime Bureau said on Monday.

A French-owned oil tanker missing off Ivory Coast with 17 sailors on board likely has been hijacked, an official with an international piracy watchdog said on Monday, in what may be the latest attack by criminal gangs targeting the ships to steal their valuable cargo. Meanwhile, a sailor died in a similar attack on Monday near Nigeria's largest cit...

Gunmen stormed a tanker ship off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, ransacking the vessel and kidnapping five Indian sailors in the latest attack targeting foreign workers in the volatile region, a shipping company said on Wednesday.

Pirates have released a Greek-owned oil tanker which they hijacked off the Ivory Coast over the weekend in the first such attack in this area, the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday.

Pirates have hijacked a Singapore-owned oil tanker in the Nigerian port of Lagos -- the third attack in just over two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea, the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday. The vessel, which had 23 crew on board, was laden with fuel, the bureau's Kuala Lumpur-based piracy reporting centre said, adding that the pirates we...

Suspected Somali pirates today abducted seventeen Indian and five Italian sailors after taking over an Italian-flagged vessel off the African coast.The oil tanker 'Savina Caylyn' was taken over by the pirates at 0520 hours IST with a total of 22 crew members on board, a senior official at the Directorate General of Shipping told PTI.Those abducted ...

An Iranian warship on Saturday repulsed an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden, the country's naval chief said.

Pirates attacked a Malaysian oil tanker in the Malacca Straits and siphoned off its load, the Malaysian navy and officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of hijackings raising tension in Southeast Asia's busy sea lanes.

Malaysia is hunting for a group of machete-wielding pirates who hijacked a tanker off its eastern coast, stealing a million litres of oil, in the latest in a spate of attacks in its waters, an official said Thursday.

Pirates have released an Indonesian-bound Thai tanker after stealing its oil cargo, in the latest attack in Southeast Asian waters, the International Maritime Bureau said on Monday.

A French-owned oil tanker missing off Ivory Coast with 17 sailors on board likely has been hijacked, an official with an international piracy watchdog said on Monday, in what may be the latest attack by criminal gangs targeting the ships to steal their valuable cargo. Meanwhile, a sailor died in a similar attack on Monday near Nigeria's largest cit...

Gunmen stormed a tanker ship off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, ransacking the vessel and kidnapping five Indian sailors in the latest attack targeting foreign workers in the volatile region, a shipping company said on Wednesday.

Pirates have released a Greek-owned oil tanker which they hijacked off the Ivory Coast over the weekend in the first such attack in this area, the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday.

Pirates have hijacked a Singapore-owned oil tanker in the Nigerian port of Lagos -- the third attack in just over two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea, the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday. The vessel, which had 23 crew on board, was laden with fuel, the bureau's Kuala Lumpur-based piracy reporting centre said, adding that the pirates we...

Suspected Somali pirates today abducted seventeen Indian and five Italian sailors after taking over an Italian-flagged vessel off the African coast.The oil tanker 'Savina Caylyn' was taken over by the pirates at 0520 hours IST with a total of 22 crew members on board, a senior official at the Directorate General of Shipping told PTI.Those abducted ...