Advanced Navy model predicts where modern-day pirates may strike. May 25, 2011— -- The U.S. Navy has developed a new weapon in the war against pirates, a sophisticated computer model that ...

Since 2000, international maritime trade has risen sharply. Shipments of dry cargo have more than doubled, with container ships often carrying millions of dollars of goods at a time. As shipments have ...

Raid on Kenyan tourist spa is latest sign of pirates' growing reach. Sept. 14, 2011 — -- High seas pirates, which have preyed on tankers and cargo ships, are expanding and becoming an increasing ...

"Modern-day pirates can be just as merciless as the Caribbean buccaneers," Choong told me. He recalled the 13 pirates—12 Chinese and 1 Indonesian—who hijacked the Cheung Son, a Hong Kong-registered ...