Tag: somali pirates
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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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Ransom Demands
Shipping firms must stop giving in to pirates and handing over ransoms if they want to stamp out hijackings along the Somali coastline, claims a top defence adviser. Rear Admiral […]
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Human Shield
British hostage Judith Tebbutt is being used as a pawn by Somali pirates so troops will not attack them. She was snatched from a beach resort in neighbouring Kenya two […]
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Standing Up
Britain will host an international conference next year on tackling instability in Somalia and protecting ships from pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. “Somali […]
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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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Flagging Concerns
Shipping firms which place private armed security guards on ships passing areas where pirates operate risk criminal prosecution, Dutch justice minister Ivo Opstelten said last week. Jumbo Shipping from Rotterdam […]
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Silver Screen
The true story of a British couple held hostage by Somali pirates for more than a year could be heading for our screens. Filmmaker Nick London, who produced Sky’s The […]
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Fighting Confusion
Claims that at least six Somali pirates and three others captured by the crew of the Greek owned “MT Liquid Velvet” chemical tanker which was hijacked last week, are up […]
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Crowd Sourcing
A few months ago the US Office of Naval Research and the Naval Postgraduate School launched an online game designed to crowd source answers to piracy. In the test, about […]
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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 […]
