Month: June 2011
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Huge Rise
Ransom payments to Somali pirates have risen 36-fold in the past five years, averaging $5.4 million per ship. As a result, raids on tankers navigating the Strait of Hormuz are […]
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Benin Bite
The IMB has warned ships to be vigilant when travelling past Benin following a spate of piracy attacks off the west African country. Noel Choong, head of the Kuala Lumpur-based […]
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Tanker Targets
Somali pirates, driven north by monsoon rains, will probably attack more tankers navigating the Strait of Hormuz. The strait handles 17 percent of the global trade in oil, according to […]
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Up Pompei
The first Somali to be tried for piracy in Belgium has denied all involvement in the 2009 hijacking of a Belgian frigate eventually released after payment of ransom. “I was […]
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Mission Over
Turkish frigate “TCG Giresun” has completed its anti-piracy mission off Somalia and returned to Turkey, Turkish Naval Forces Command said in a statement. The frigate docked at a navy base […]
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Hot Streak
Pirates are on a hot streak this season and the focus has returned back to the mechanism which makes it all happen the pirate stock exchange in Harardheere. Open 24 […]
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Stepping Up
Lawyers are increasingly dissatisfied with the IMO stance on armed guards. John AC Cartner writing in Lloyd’s List claimed that the recent statement and guidelines on the carriage of armed […]
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Port Calls
Private security escort vessels fighting piracy are seeking urgent clarification of the terms under which they can enter ports on key shipping routes. The call has come in the wake […]
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Shipboard Fire
A Somali pirate claims a fire is tearing through a hijacked ship that pirates are holding off the country’s coast. The pirate said an undisclosed number of pirates and hostages […]
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Skiff Response
On the morning of June 10, the EUNAVFOR German warship “FGS Niedersachsen” detected a suspected Pirate Action Group (PAG) in the Southern Somali Basin. The pirates, which were suspected of […]
