Month: June 2011
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Heading North
The Bab-el-Mandeb strait has become the focus of pirate activity over the past few days, with a trio of attacks reported. A Cosco bulker and a North China Shipping tanker […]
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Low Point
Pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean appears to be going through something of a change. With no succesful hijackings since the end of May, and with three […]
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MSR Rolling Total
MSR has reported its latest 2011 Rolling Total, of Reported Maritime Security Incidents. The figures up to the end of May are as follows: • 319 total number of incidents […]
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Guards Freed
Four British men detained in Eritrea for more than five months with no consular access have been released, the UK Foreign Office has said. The two ex-Marine guards and two […]
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Release Rumour
Local observers have reported that the a “relatively small ransom” has finally been delivered for the release of “MV Suez”. It is understood that the pirates holding the vessel have […]
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Pay Day
The tanker “MT Zirku” has been released after the payment of a ransom. Pirates claimed a record amount ($12 Million) was been paid to free the vessel which has 29 crew […]
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Indian Plea
Somalian Ambassador to India Ebyan Mahamed Salah has urged pirates to release the remaining seven Indian crew members of “MV Asphalt Venture” being held hostage for the past few months […]
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Set Free
Somali pirates have freed a Chinese-owned cargo vessel they had held for nearly seven months. Owned and managed by Ningbo Hongyuan Ship Management Ltd, the Panama-flagged cargo carrier “Yuan Xiang” […]
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In Perspective
Richard Fenning, the chief executive of Control Risks has been speaking on the matter of Somali piracy. He sees this as a growing threat to world trade, in terms of […]
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Security Gift
The French government has donated a patrol ship to Kenya Navy to assist in the war on terrorism, piracy and drug trafficking in the Indian Ocean. French ambassador Etienne de […]
