Cruise ships use early detection, fast maneuvers, trained crews, and layered defenses to stop pirates from getting close or ...

Cruise ships are some of the biggest seafaring vessels ever – even bigger than aircraft carriers. However, unlike aircraft carriers, cruise ships aren't armed to the teeth, which makes them giant ...

(Reuters) - A U.S. Navy destroyer put pressure on Somali pirates on Thursday to free an American ship captain taken hostage in the first seizure of U.S. citizens by the increasingly bold sea gangs.

(Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday in the latest of a sharp rise in attacks off the Horn of Africa nation, officials said. There have been at ...