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

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

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 ...

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 ...

As Western naval attention shifts toward the Strait of Hormuz, analysts warn Somali piracy could re-emerge and raise global ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Families of crew members aboard the hijacked commercial vessel “MT Eureka” said Somali pirates have increased their ransom demand to $10 million as concerns grow over the fate of ...

As the United States has focused its naval efforts on the Strait of Hormuz, piracy off the coast of Somalia—dormant since its heyday in the early 2010s—has made a comeback. As the Iran war cuts off ...

(CNN) — Somali pirates are profiting from the war in Iran as commercial ships, bypassing conflict routes through lengthy detours around Africa, sail into their strike zone. The intensifying conflict ...