The Maersk Alabama, was captured last night off the Somali coast after a five-hour showdown with as many as three pirate skiffs. The ship was filled with relief aid for Kenya, and was headed toward ...

Judging by the smiles all around on both the MV Faina’s Ukrainian crew and the pirates themselves, maybe getting your container ship hijacked in the Gulf of Aden isn’t so horrible after all! Things ...

Water Versus Firearms at Sea It may seem absurd that water hoses and noise can defend against pirates armed with rifles, ...

Video showed shipping containers, some piled on top of one another, floating in the water at the busy international cargo ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A container ship ...

Quick action by the captain of a Kenyan-bound container ship deterred a pirate attack in the high seas off the Tanzania Coastline. The vessel was 130 nautical miles off the Tanzania Coast and about ...

History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But ...

The latest ship to come under attack in the Red Sea near the Yemeni coast has turned out to have been hijacked by Somali pirates. The initial reports suggested the MV Ruenm a bulk carrier sailing ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with 20 American crew on board in a major escalation in attacks off the lawless Horn of Africa ...

(Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday in the latest of a sharp rise in attacks off the Horn of Africa nation, officials said. There have been at ...