Tag: hijack

  • MMEA launch anti-terror op

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    Operation will hopefully suppress crew kidnap attempts. Curbing movement of terrorists new focus of Ops Redback 7 – MMEA PORT KLANG: Curbing the movement of international terrorists such as Daesh […]

  • Vessel attacked in BAM

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    RPG fired at merchant ship in busy choke point. Vessel attacked in BAM Update: Teekay and UKMTO have now both released statements to deny that a RPG was fired at […]

  • India, Sri Lanka and Maldives drill

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    Exercise will focus on various elements including anti-piracy work. Sri Lanka, India, Maldives To Begin Sea Exercise COLOMBO:  Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives will begin a four-day Coast Guard […]

  • Crew kidnap, ASG suspected

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    Abu Sayyaf Group believed to be behind attack. Korean abducted in first Philippines cargo ship raid MANILA: Suspected Islamist militants kidnapped the captain of a South Korean cargo ship in […]

  • Pirates free Naham 3 crew

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    Somali pirates’ hostages ‘ate rats’ to survive A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor […]

  • Piracy falling…ish

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    Reported incidents dropping. Shipping crimes drop in Nigeria, others By Sulaimon Salau There is apparently a positive outlook in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and other […]

  • Iran ensuring safety…

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    Irony alert… Iran ensures safety of oil tankers in Persian Gulf: Shamkhani A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic’s military presence in the Persian Gulf ensures the safety of oil […]

  • Air Force bombs Delta barges

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    Air Force steps up attacks on illegal refineries and bunkers. Niger Delta: Air Force bombs more sets of illegal barges From: Kingsley omonobi-Abuja. In continuation of the battle by the […]

  • UN reports on Somali pirate hostages

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    The report notes that a Kenyan is the only Somali pirate hostage to have been freed so far in 2016. Somalia: Somali Pirates Holding Five Kenyans, 39 Seafarers for Ransom, […]

  • Duterte’s hardline on pirates

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    Duterte wants Coast Guard to crush pirates. Rody to PCG: Fight pirates, sink their ships By Evelyn Macairan MANILA, Philippines – President Duterte has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) […]

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