GoA & Indian Ocean
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Doom Scenarios
The IMO has outlined four “nightmare scenarios” unless tougher action was taken against Somali pirates. The four doom laden IMO prophesies are that: Crews could refuse to cross the Indian […]
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Activity Alert
Recent pirate activity has centred near Latitude 09 28N Longitude 051 39E. At 0521UTC 06 June, the previously hijacked ship “MV Orna” was reported in the above position on a […]
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Insurance Woes
India is lobbying Lloyd’s of London to reverse its expansion of the area judged prone to pirate attacks to cover almost all of the nation’s west coast after insurance costs […]
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Iran Rescue
An attempt by the Somali pirates to hijack a container ship in the Gulf of Aden was stopped after Iranian warships rushed to the scene and attacked the pirates’ vessels. […]
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Activity Alert
Recent pirate activity has centred near Latitude 13 32N Longitude 042 41E. At 0403 UTC 31 May, a merchant vessel was reported under attack by pirates in a single skiff. […]
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Activity Alert
Recent pirate activity has centred near Latitude 06 09N, Longitude 050 33E. At 0908 UTC 16 May, a previously hijacked ship “MV Orna” was reported making good a course of […]
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Pirate Cleansing
The Al shabaab movement on Sunday claimed that have purged Somali pirates from the coastal town of Harardhere in central Somalia. Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Isse, Al shabaab’s governor of Galgudud […]
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Lucky Escape
In an extremely rare attack in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, pirates came close to capturing a Singaporean-owned capesize bulker. The 170,000-dwt “Cape Spencer” came under fire last week from a gang using a […]
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Mothership Destroyed
Reports indicate that the infamous pirated Taiwanese fishing vessel “JIN CHUN TSAI 68” has been abandoned by pirates and was floating partially submerged and adrift. The fate of the original […]
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Getting Creative
When the Sea Shepherd’s, “Steve Irwin” transited pirate waters they were forced to get creative to protect themselves. Possibly the most important measure on board was to put up a […]
