Month: October 2011

  • Ministerial Meeting

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    UK Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham met the President of the Puntland State of Somalia on 17 October. This is the President’s first visit to the UK in an official […]

  • Victim Support

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    With millions spent, new weapons developed, and new a raft of procedures progress is slowly moving forward on the fight against piracy. But one question remains unanswered; What is being […]

  • Trawler Attack

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    The Basque tuna vessel “Alakrana” was attacked by a pirate group when fishing in waters of the Indian Ocean but the private security on board managed to successfully repel the […]

  • Master Taken

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    The Bangladeshi master of an ExxonMobil-chartered offshore vessel has reportedly been kidnapped following an armed attack off Nigeria on Monday. Reports indicate that 20 armed men assaulted the “AHST Wilbert […]

  • Failure Rate

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    Navies and ships thwarted an increasing number of attacks by Somali pirates this year as incidents worldwide rose to a record, the International Maritime Bureau said. Of 199 attacks by […]

  • Mothership Rescue

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    A large Pakistani fishing trawler that had been taken over by a group of Somali pirates earlier this week was rescued by the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) near the coast […]

  • Tabloid Tales

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    The tabloid press has sniffed the scent of sensational stories, and has begun to focus on Somali piracy. Read this glorious tale of pirates unleashing terror on the high seas […]

  • Shifting Ashore

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    Britain has organized a special intelligence team to track down those who are financing Somali pirate gangs. This all began when British intelligence in the Persian Gulf (where all sorts […]

  • Tanker Released

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    West African pirates have released the tanker ‘Cape Bird’ seized last week off the coast of Nigeria. The 20-member Eastern European crew was reported to be unharmed after five days […]

  • Separation Anxiety

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    What happens why the crew from hijacked ships are taken ashore, separated from the vessel and the bonds to their K&R insurance? According to Lloyd’s List the trend for separating […]

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