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US Diplomat: Piracy Falling But Progress 'Fragile and Reversible'

22 May 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Somali piracy is declining as more commercial vessels employ armed guards, foreign navies ramp-up security and courts dish out justice to offenders, but “progress is still fragile and reversible,” a State Department official warned yesterday.

City of Xiamen Crew Freed by Pirates

14 May 2013

Sunship Schiffahrtskontor KG has confirmed that all of its five crew members who were abducted during the boarding of its container ship City of Xiamen off the coast of Nigeria on April 26 have been released.

Container Lines: Piracy Is Down But Still a Threat

06 May 2013

Container lines CMA CGM, MSC, Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd have met to discuss the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean and West Africa.

African Countries Team Up to Fight Pirates

21 Mar 2013

Nearly two dozen West and Central African countries have set up an agreement to combat the threat of piracy and maritime crime in the two region’s coastal waters, including the notorious Gulf of Guinea, Reuters reports.

Somali Pirates Attack Tanker, Take Five Hostage

20 Dec 2012

Somali pirates took five Indian sailors hostage after attacking a German oil tanker off the southern coast of Nigeria.

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