Tag: maritime news

  • India Takes Fight to Pirates

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    With the rising threat of piracy, India has an opportunity to show it’s able to step up as a co-operative regional and potential global power. In September 2008, a registered […]

  • Ship Safe

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    Further to reports that a Korean-owned container vessel may have been hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, officials in Seoul have reported that the 75,000-ton “Hanjin Tianjin” is […]

  • Pirates Freed

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    EUNAVFOR has released 18 suspected pirates that had been detained by the Finnish warship “FNS POHJANMAA” since the 6 April. They were released after requests to a number of states, […]

  • Going In

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    Foreign naval forces launched an attack on Somali pirates near their base in the town of Hobyo that left at least four dead and six wounded, witnesses and pirates said […]

  • MV Rosalia D’Amato Pirated

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    Early morning on 21 April, the Bulk Carrier MV ROSALIA D’AMATO was pirated approximately 350NM South East of Salalah, Oman, in the Indian Ocean. The 74,500 tonne Italian flagged and owned […]

  • Big Problem

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    The U.S. State Department does not want to see “guns-for-hire” on the high seas. The prospect of having armed security guards ward off pirates presents a number of legal problems, according […]

  • Cash Calls

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    The UN’s Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia is close to financial collapse, and the shipping industry is being called on to […]

  • Gloves Off

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    NATO’s Ocean Shield command in Northwood, U.K. has confirmed that the Alliance’s anti-piracy operation is going tough on the pirates. Instead of patrolling the sea lanes and waiting attacks and […]

  • Ransom Paid

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    Somali pirates promised on Monday that they would release all Indonesian hostages onboard “Sinar Kudus”. The pirates have reportedly received a 3 million U.S. dollar ransom, a pirate said in a phone […]

  • Exploration Concerns

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    Tanzania has ordered its army to escort ships searching for oil and gas off its coast to protect them from Somali pirates. The East African country has licensed at least […]

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