West Africa becoming higher risk for shipping
While piracy and security incident numbers for West Africa were steady in 2020, reports of suspicious approaches — real and imagined — were up 79%
Reports of suspicious approaches increased in 2020 as crew worries grow of criminal threats in the Gulf of Guinea and the Middle East Gulf. Reported threats are not always real, but the figures reflect seafarers’ growing safety fears
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