Somali pirates want $15 million in ransom money for a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil. The capture of the Sirius Star, which was taken earlier this month, is the most daring ...

Pirates may not be as prevalent as they once were, but they can still be a nuisance on a cruise ship. This is how ships use modern tech to combat pirates.

Maritime piracy conjures up scenes from Robert Louis Stevenson novels and Errol Flynn movies, a 17th-century phenomenon that went out with ships under sail. But if you believe that piracy is an ...

Bermudians were given the chance to tour a modern-day pirate ship over the weekend. John Paul Dejoria, an anti-whaling vessel owned by the conservation group Neptune’s Pirates, had dozens of visitors ...