A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, ...

Piracy off the Somali coast peaked in 2011, when 237 attacks were reported. Somali piracy in the region in 2011 cost the ...

Incident comes one week after authorities raised their piracy threat assessment following the abduction of a dhow ...

A man in Rhode Island is taking his love for pirates to a new level. Jason Dipietro transformed a 22-foot Catalina sailboat into a pirate ship he named Knot Normal. This one comes to us from WJAR- TV.

Wind-Assisted Propulsion is where old meets new, using power drawn from the wind to help move the ship on its journey, saving fuel along the way.

The notion that a captain must go down with their ship is a romantic one, but it's not entirely true, but there are some ...

Modern merchant ships operating in piracy-prone waters now rely on a mix of armed guards and non-lethal defense systems to ...

Pirates have hijacked a vessel off the Somali coast. This is why they are making a resurgence - A recent attack saw pirates ...