Tag: somali pirate attacks
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AdvanFort will pay prisoners
AdvanFort spokesman Dave Yonkman responds to relatives of the company’s employees who have been in prison in India for the last two months AdvanFort will pay prisoners AdvanFort spokesman Dave Yonkman […]
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Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas
For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day will be celebrated off the coast of Somalia Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day […]
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EU To Lead International Counter-Piracy Efforts
The European Union will assume the chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) for a year from the 1st of January 2014, it was […]
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South Korea OKs deployment extension
The parliamentary defense committee on Monday approved a bill to extend South Korea’s troop deployment in Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan to conduct their missions by another year. […]
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Spain P.M. praises anti-piracy op
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy praised efforts to fight piracy off Somalia during a visit Sunday to this country in the Horn of Africa. Spanish P.M. praises anti-piracy operation on […]
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Indian Waters 3rd worst for pirates
MUMBAI: Merchant navy captain Sunil James may have returned home after five-and-a-half-months in Togo but statistics from the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (London) show how waters around […]
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Somali ‘pirates’ in court
ABU DHABI // Ten Somali men accused of piracy who were caught in a special forces raid that freed the hijacked UAE ship MV Arrilah appeared in court yesterday. Special […]
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Prisoner Swap for Dubai Ship
Somali pirates holding the UAE-registered cargo vessel MV Leila, hijacked off Oman last month, have demanded the release of fellow-hijackers from prison before they free the ship. Somali pirates want prisoner swap for […]
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Somali pirates want prisoner swap
Somali pirates holding a Panama-flagged vessel hijacked last month with goods destined for Somaliland have called for fellow pirates in jails in the breakaway enclave to be freed in return […]
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Greece pulls out of EUNAVFOR
Greece has recalled its warship from the European Union’s anti-piracy task force in the Indian Ocean to save money as it struggles to meet fiscal targets set by international lenders […]