With the launch of the movie Captain Phillips, there has been an increase in media interest on piracy. We were recently contacted by BBC Wiltshire who were interested to learn the reasons why we established Black Pearl and what it is like to work within this challenging industry. Chris Stewart, our CEO spent an hour […]
A counter-piracy task force commanded by a Royal Navy officer has caught a group of Somalis believed responsible for two attacks in the Indian Ocean. Pirates had exchanged gunfire with a super tanker on Friday 11 October before attacking a Spanish fishing vessel three days later. Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) traced the pirates’ skiffs from Britain’s […]
