Jonathan Saul

Pirates pose complex, increasing threat to West African shipping

August 24, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Armed hijackers pose a growing threat off Nigeria's oil-rich coast, where commercial ships do not enjoy the protection of naval security that has dramatically reduced Somali piracy...

Egypt unrest raises re-routing risk after Suez toll rise

August 24, 2021 at 6:16 a.m.

LONDON/CAIRO (Reuters) - When it raises tolls in May, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority will know that fuel costs rule out alternative routes, but some in the shipping industry say the...

ADM says unwittingly used sanctioned Iran ship in grain trade

August 24, 2021 at 5:25 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co said it unwittingly used a vessel controlled by a sanctioned Iranian shipping firm last year to transport grain in what was an effort...

Exclusive: Iran said to deploy aging foreign tankers, avoiding sanctions

August 24, 2021 at 4:59 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran is using old tankers, saved from the scrapyard by foreign middlemen, to ship out oil to China in ways that avoid Western sanctions, say officials involved...

Nigeria hit by three pirate attacks in eight days: agency

August 24, 2021 at 4:17 a.m.

ABUJA/LONDON (Reuters) - Pirates attacked three vessels off the coast of Nigeria in the space of eight days this month, killing one person, a maritime agency said, in a sign...

Nigeria hit by three pirate attacks in eight days: agency

August 22, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.

ABUJA/LONDON (Reuters) - Pirates attacked three vessels off the coast of Nigeria in the space of eight days this month, killing one person, a maritime agency said, in a sign...

Kidnap insurers eye sales as euro crisis bites

August 24, 2021 at 2:16 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers see opportunity to sell protection against kidnap risk in southern Europe, predicting that recession and social unrest triggered by the euro crisis will drive more abductions....

Kidnap insurers eye sales as euro crisis bites

May 14, 2019 at 3:43 a.m.

British waterway deploys ship safety aid to combat GPS attacks

August 24, 2021 at 2:07 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is deploying a back-up ship navigation system in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, to tackle the growing risks of disruptions of...

Hong Kong to cut Iranian ships from register: letter

August 23, 2021 at 10:29 p.m.

LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will stop allowing 19 ships linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) from operating under its flag, a government letter showed,...

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