Tag: maritime news
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Long Sentence
A Spanish court has sentenced two Somali pirates to 439 years in jail each for their role in the hijacking of a tuna fishing boat. The two men have been […]
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Activity Alert
Today has seen reported pirate activity centred near Latitude 1350N Longitude 06554E. At 0432 UTC a merchant vessel was reported under attack by a group of pirates using a single […]
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Security Case Study
The Hijacking of the MV Zirku: A Case Study in Shipping Security By Sam Bateman Republished with the kind permission the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Synopsis The recent hijacking […]
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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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Prison Beckons
A Yemeni Court has passed down a ten-year prison sentence for two Somalis convicted of piracy crimes in the Yemeni territorial waters. During the hearing chaired by Judge Abdu al-Awadhi, […]
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Tanker Taken
Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with 25 crew members aboard off the Kenyan coast over the weekend, according to officials. News reports state the captured Singapore-registered ship “MT Gemini”, […]
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India’s Growing Maritime Power
In the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars’ recent publication ‘India’s Contemporary Security Challenges‘, Arun Prakash, the Head of the National Maritime Foundation in New Delhi and a former Indian […]
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MV Renuar Released
According to a EU Navfor press release issued yesterday, on the 23rd April the bulk carrier MV Renuar was released from pirate control after 133 days in captivity. The Liberian owned, […]
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Striking Back
Indian maritime unions and shipping organisations warned that piracy could prompt a withdrawal of labour from countries providing crews if nothing is done to tackle the problem. “There is a […]
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Taken Down
Samho Shipping has been brought to the brink of bankruptcy by Pirates and a combination of financial difficulties. Low freight rates, high bunker prices and the costs associated with two […]
