Industry Sector
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Ill Treatment
Two Danish hostages held since February were reported to be ill but their captors were not willing to let a doctor see them, according to reports. The Danish woman and […]
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Results and Concerns
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. has issued its first quarter 2011 report and piracy is cited as a key point. During the first quarter of 2011, 16 vessels in the […]
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Twin Concerns
The twin issues of piracy and the control of armed guards on ships will be debated at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC89) meeting, starting in London […]
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Decking Pirates
An elderly British couple recounted their scrape with pirates as they sought compensation for their ruined cruise back in 2009. The couple told how they joined other passengers in hurled […]
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Hotting Up
The war against the Somali pirates is heating up. Warships are finding and destroying 2-3 mother ships a week now. Indian and Indonesian warships are increasingly opening fire on pirates, […]
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Kidnap Demands
The Somali pirates holding seven Indian crew of “MT Asphalt Venture” hostage have refused to negotiate with the ship owners and insisted they would engage only with the government authorities. […]
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Sinking Success
The USS Bainbridge, which made headlines for its rescue of American Capt. Richard Phillips from pirates in 2009, has captured another group of pirates and freed 15 hostages off Somalia, […]
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Special Report
As pirate attacks grow, shipowners take arms By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent POOLE, England | Tue May 3 (Reuters) – Upstairs in a public house on the English south coast, 18 men […]
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Cash Calls
The Somali pirates who have been holding seven Danes as hostage since February have turned down a ransom of around US$600,000. The brother of Jan Quist Johansen, whose family was […]
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Another Success
The top secret mission into Pakistan that killed Osama Bin Laden was carried out by Navy SEAL Team Six. This is the same unit that rescued Maersk Alabama’s Captain Richard […]
