GoA & Indian Ocean

  • Chinese Fleet

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    A Chinese navy fleet comprising a frigate, destroyer and a supply ship was on Saturday dispatched to the Gulf of Aden on an escort mission, Xinhua reported. The ships left […]

  • Bunker Hub

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    Somali pirates have been using Yemen’s remote Horn of Africa island of Socotra as a refuelling hub enabling their attack craft to stay restocked for longer periods at sea and […]

  • Attack Repelled

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    A South Korean antipiracy unit operating off the coast of Somalia on Sunday morning repelled three ships suspected of trying to seize a Panamanian-registered chemical freight vessel, the Joint Chiefs […]

  • Going Industrial

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    Somali gangs are taking piracy to an “industrial scale”. Hijackings off the coast of Somalia accounted for 61 per cent of all attacks on ships, with 362 crewmembers taken hostage, […]

  • Monsoon Attack

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    Proving that they won’t let the small matter of monsoon rains and high seas bother them, Somali pirates have been trying their luck on passing merchant vessels once again. Two […]

  • Interest Wanes

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    Leading marine lawyers Clyde & Co have been speaking out on piracy, and the knock on effects of the Arab Spring in lessening media exposure for Somali pirates. Until Libya […]

  • Washed Up

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    A week after 14 Somali pirates were detained off the Indian coast, another group of 21 foreign nationals, including 18 Somali pirates and three Yemenis, were detained as they washed […]

  • Somalia: Three Britons released

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    According to the BBC, Somalia has pardoned the three Britons caught bringing over £2m in cash into the country to pay a ransom to Somali pirates. The three individuals, together […]

  • Gunner Get You

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    The war against pirates is set to escalate, as naval forces fear that Somali pirates will up the ante and begin attacking vessels with broadsides from deck-mounted machine guns. Whereas […]

  • Anarchy at Sea

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    A Voyage through Pirate-Infested Waters By Andreas Ulrich While the European naval mission Atalanta avoids definitive contact with the pirates who plague the waters around the Horn of Africa, shipping […]

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