The owners and managers of a ship attacked by pirates off the Nigerian coast on February 4 have assured the family of a Filipino seaman killed in the failed hijack attempt of support and guaranteed the safety of eight other Filipinos who suffered no harm in the incident.
The eight Filipino seafarers who were rescued by the Iranian Navy from Somali pirates off the Indian coast last April 2 arrived home Wednesday night.
NATO agreed Monday to extend its anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2014, stressing that foreign navies are helping to reduce the number of hijackings.
The Philippines remains on the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) “watch list” of nations where pirated and counterfeit goods are readily available, according to the US Department of State.
Armed pirates opened fire on a cargo ship in an attack off the Nigerian coast, kidnapping the captain and chief engineer and robbing the crew before escaping, a maritime watchdog said Wednesday.
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday confirmed the release of 15 Filipino crew members on board the cargo ship MV Rosalia D’Amatao, hijacked by Somali pirates on April 21 in the Indian Ocean.
The Philippines has incorporated anti-piracy modules in the training of Filipino seafarers, who are expected to reach 400,000 by the end of 2011, according to Ambassador Enrique Manalo, the country’s permanent representative to the London-based International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Two Filipino crew members of a Greek-owned cargo ship were released by Somali pirates last week after nearly a year in captivity, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday.
A Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker with a crew of 21 Filipinos was hijacked on Monday by suspected Somali pirates while the vessel was approaching the Gulf of Aden, the Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said.
The Philippines is one of 29 countries on the Office of the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) “watch list” of nations where pirated and counterfeit goods were readily available. In its 2011 “Special 301” report, the Washington, DC-based USTR noted that ineffective enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the Philippines continued to be a concern [...]
A tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean in October with 24 crew, mostly Filipino seafarers, was released on Friday after a “long and extremely distressing hijack” and the loss of a crewman, the ship’s company said.
Sea piracy worldwide surged to 266 attacks in the first half this year, up 36 percent from a year ago, as Somali pirates became bolder and raided more vessels, a global maritime watchdog said Thursday.
