The Latest Breaking News from the Gulf of Guinea

Indian Navy completes second anti-piracy patrol in Gulf of Guinea. INS Sumedha undertook 31-day patrol, bolstering India's national interests and also participated in maiden India-EU joint exercise in GoG.

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Pirates boarded and hijacked an oil tanker six days ago in the Gulf of Guinea, south of Nigeria, since then British and French navies have helped the company try and track down the missing ship

The French navy on Friday escorted a tanker to port in the Gulf of Guinea after pirates abandoned the vessel and kidnapped some of the crew, the ship's owner told Reuters.

A Danish-owned vessel that was boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday was spotted about 540 miles further off shore on Tuesday, according to a maritime cooperation centre monitoring security in the area.

Copenhagen (AFP) - Pirates boarded a Danish-owned Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea over the weekend, the owner said Tuesday, adding that contact with the 16 crew members had been lost.

The tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Guinea, seen as one of the world’s most dangerous shipping routes.

Pirates have attacked and boarded a Danish-owned ship in the Gulf of Guinea and all communications channels with the vessel are down, a spokesperson for shipping company Monjasa said on Tuesday.