On Thursday October 6, Captain Richard Phillips, author of A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, will discuss his encounter, his remarkable rescue and lessons ...

Captain Phillips is a movie about a true incident. It’s about the horrific pirate attack on the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship. The story is about how the captain of the ...

A gripping tale of survival and courage, this 2013 thriller has found a new home on a popular streaming platform.

The 2013 action thriller sees Tom Hanks star as a merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates off the coast of ...

The dramatic release of the MV Maersk Alabama and the rescue of her captain from pirates off Somalia have been widely applauded as a major success for the Obama administration. But it’s not the first ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Two American security workers have been found dead on the Maersk Alabama, a ship made famous by the Hollywood movie "Captain Phillips" in 2013, an oil and shipping group said on ...

First, it was pirates off East Africa. Now, federal prosecutors in Seattle claim Maersk Inc. -- owner of the MV Maersk Alabama, captured by pirates in April -- has been hit by a thief of a different ...