At least three vessels have been targeted in hijackings this week off the coast of Somalia in what analysts fear is a replay of past piracy around the Horn of Africa. The area was the world’s most ...

The Somali pirates are back in action. In late April the Somalis seized an oil tanker and a cargo ship. These attacks involved new groups mostly composed of impoverished young men who are heavily ...

As the global economy focuses on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, another shipping crisis looms in the region -- the return of Somali pirates.

The recent incidents mark the highest number of hijackings in Somali waters over a 10-day period since the peak of the piracy crisis in 2012, according to the Critical Threats Project at the American ...

Piracy, once notorious in this stretch of the Indian Ocean, has made a comeback in recent years.

On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It ...

Palaemon Maritime’s maritime security report this week points to some of the clearest indicators yet that piracy activity off Somalia is escalating again. “Taken alone, these incidents might appear ...

Attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, British officials said, likely the latest attack by resurgent Somali pirates operating ...

LONDON — Maritime authorities are warning of an increased threat to ships off the coast of Somalia after a cargo ship became the latest vessel to be seized in a suspected act of piracy. According to ...

Piracy near the Somali coast declined after 2011 following international intervention but has resumed in recent years Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with 17 crew that was sailing near the Somali ...