Tag: somali pirate attacks
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We Need Help
Somali piracy takes heavy toll on Philippine sailors By Kate McGeown BBC News, Philippines For the first four months of this year, Captain Alex Caniete was held hostage half a […]
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Tackling Modern Piracy
Tackling Modern Piracy RUSI Journal December 2011 The latest issue of the RUSI Journal focuses on the continuing threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia, a threat that has so […]
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On Track
Despite a slight slackening, Somalia’s pirates are on pace for another record year in 2011, with 199 attacks as of October versus 126 over the same period in 2010. And […]
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Boxship Attack
An MSC containership has survived a run-in with pirates off the coast of Somalia. Pirates targeted the 2,300-teu MSC Jeanne (built 1979) as it headed away from the port of […]
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Bravery Award
Seok Hae-kyun, the captain of a Korean freighter that was hijacked by Somali pirates, received the Council of the International Maritime Organization Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea during the […]
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Home at Last
A total of 17 Algerian crew members of the Algerian-flagged bulk carrier “MV Blida” abducted by Somali pirates early this year reached the capital of Algiers Sunday. The sailors were […]
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Fight Back
The crew of a Taiwanese fishing vessel fought against armed Somali pirates to retake their ship after it was hijacked off East Africa, Taiwan authorities said. The 290-tonne “Chin Yi […]
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Ransoms Drop
Ransom payments paid by shipping companies to Somali pirates have reached nearly $110 million this year — a 37 per cent jump in two years — despite the increasing success […]
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Failure Rate
Navies and ships thwarted an increasing number of attacks by Somali pirates this year as incidents worldwide rose to a record, the International Maritime Bureau said. Of 199 attacks by […]
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Mothership Rescue
A large Pakistani fishing trawler that had been taken over by a group of Somali pirates earlier this week was rescued by the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) near the coast […]
