Piracy at lowest level in eight years

This is according to the overview published by the International Maritime Bureau for 2014. The good news is that the number of incidents came in at the lowest level in eight years. There were 19 fewer last year than the 264 of 2013. In 2010, the tally stood at 445. Against the peak in Somali piracy in 2011 (when the total stood at 439), 44% fewer attacks were recorded.