GoA & Indian Ocean
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Drop in Piracy
Pirate attacks off Somalia dropped to zero for the first full month since the menace emerged more than five years ago, new figures show. Piracy attacks drop to zero for […]
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Sachsen Relieves Bremen
The German frigate FGS Sachsen will shortly relieve FGS Bremen in patrolling the Gulf of Aden as part of the European Union Naval Force. GERMAN FRIGATE FGS SACHSEN RELIEVES FGS […]
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Somali Piracy
Somali piracy is a particularly ugly form of hostage taking for ransom, victimizing both the seafarers and families whose lives are disrupted and sometimes destroyed by their brutal captivity. This […]
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Minehunters Protect Tanker
While Royal Navy ships protect the London Olympics others have rushed to prevent a pirate attack in the Middle East Minehunters protect drifting tanker in pirate waters The minehunters HMS […]
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Trigger-happy Pirates
According to the freed captain of the MV Albedo, the hardest part of his 21 months as a hostage was calming down the trigger-happy gang of Somali pirates and keeping […]
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“Help us, please save us”
The 15 crewmen still being held captive on the MV Albedo have issued a letter pleading for their lives addressed to the chairman of the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee in Karachi Crewmen […]
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Life as a Somali pirate hostage
In late 2008, Daily Telegraph correspondent Colin Freeman and Jose Cendon, a Spanish photographer travelled to Somalia to investigate the recent spate of piracy attacks that were terrorising shipping in […]
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Tackling the sea devils
With frequent incidents of maritime violence and tension in recent time, the seas have become more and more unsafe even for bona fide seafarers. If it’s not the Somali pirates […]
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Deadline set for coastal radars
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday set a two-month deadline for the maritime security agencies to get security radars along India’s 7,500-km coastline in place. At […]
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Somalia mulls pirate amnesty
Somalia’s pirates could be granted an amnesty if they release hostages and return captured vessels to their owners, transitional president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed told the London Times. The head […]
