Month: November 2011
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Making Headlines
Lloyd’s List has honoured the international navies engaged in counter-piracy operations worldwide as part of the Lloyd’s List Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards 2011 held in Dubai. The “Newsmaker […]
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Close Encounter
A tanker has managed to avoid capture after a close encounter with pirates off Oman. Pirates attacked from a single skiff and targeted the 76,000-dwt “BW Danube” (built 2007). There […]
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Casting Call
“Wanted: five Somali pirates for a possible hijacking on the high seas”. No, this isn’t some twisted job listing, but rather a premise for a casting call for UAE residents […]
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On Trial
France has opened its first Somali piracy trial with six men appearing before a Paris court. The six are accused of taking a French couple hostage on their boat off […]
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Pirate Report
According to NATO’s 24 hour report, there has been one attack on a vessel in the Eastern GOA -1551N 05507E. The master of the vessel reported a possible mother ship […]
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The Horrors
The “horrors” of piracy have dominated the first year of Meridian Marine Management Managing Director Alastair Evitt’s first year in his role as President of InterManager. Summing up his first […]
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Standing Up
Britain will host an international conference next year on tackling instability in Somalia and protecting ships from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. “Somali […]
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Career Shifter
The three US Navy ships of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group deployed Monday from San Diego for a seven-month mission to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf region. Aboard […]
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Suez Rules
The ban on the carriage of Armed Guards, Weapons and Ammunition through the Suez Canal introduced in August 2011 has been amended. Vessels are now permitted to transit the Suez […]
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Home at Last
A total of 17 Algerian crew members of the Algerian-flagged bulk carrier “MV Blida” abducted by Somali pirates early this year reached the capital of Algiers Sunday. The sailors were […]
