Tag: maritime news
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Nomination Freed
Somali pirates have freed a German cargo ship, Beluga Nomination, after paying a ransom. The ship was seized in January pirates 390 nautical miles north of the Seychelles with its […]
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Big Deal
U.S. officials say they have captured their first pirate leader, an English-speaking Somali man accused of being the chief negotiator during the pirate attack on the yacht “Quest” in the […]
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PVI ASSIST EUNAVFOR
PVI IS TO ASSIST EUNAVFOR IN THE PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED PIRATES On the 5th April, A PVI security team prevented an attack on the ‘Pacific Opal’. During the exchange PVI […]
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Special Treatment
The treatment of captured pirates has been raised after it has emerged captive pirates have been, “well cared for”. The discussions were prompted by a Radio 4 report about a Royal […]
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Death Threat
The threat of a Singaporean death penalty is keeping suspected pirates on board the Finnish naval vessel “Pohjanmaa”. Paddy O’Kennedy, a spokesman for EUNAVFOR reports that discussions with Singapore on […]
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Record Ransom
The release of the VLCC “Irene SL” from Somali pirates after two months ago has come at a rather high cost. According to press reports the pirates freed the 319,000-dwt […]
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Violent Tide
A freed hostage has been looking back on the violence he experienced at the hands of Somali pirates. Sandeep Dangwal who was a crewmember of the “Marida Marguerite” has been […]
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Raised Ransom
Somali pirates have reportedly doubled their ransom demand over 20 ship crews of Indonesia’s “Sinar Kudus”. Earlier, the pirates requested US$2.6 million. However, the demand was multiplied to US$3.5 million. […]
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Mothership Freed
The tanker “MT Irene SL” has reportedly been released from pirate control. According to NATO the vessel ha been freed and its last reported position at 07 April 1755UTC was 06 […]
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Ship Taken
In the early morning of 8 April, the General Cargo ship “MV Susan K” was pirated approximately 200 nautical miles North-East of Salalah, Oman; a location only 35 nautical miles […]
