Tag: somali pirates

  • Ransoms Drop

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    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 […]

  • Safe Release

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    Somali pirates have released 25 of the crew members of Algerian bulk carrier “MV Blida”, hijacked on the high seas in January. Algerian Foreign Affairs ministry’s spokesperson Amar Belani said […]

  • Negotiations Begin

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    The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said negotiations are being carried out by the principal of “MT Liquid Velvet” with the pirates who hijacked the chemical tanker in the […]

  • Guard Captured

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    GCaptain has been posing an interesting question, just who sends a ship to the waters off east Africa with a one-man, unarmed security force? Apparently the Greek owners of the […]

  • Prison Break

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    Two Somali pirates, including one of Somalia’s most famous and ineffectual seafaring criminals, have escaped from Berbera Jail after bribing their prison guards, officials and residents in the Somaliland port […]

  • ITF Stance

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    Commenting on British prime minister David Cameron’s pledge to more effectively protect ships against pirates, including by relaxing rules on carrying arms. ITF general secretary David Cockcroft said: “Somali-based piracy […]

  • Terrible Toll

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    One of the four Ghanaians from the “MV Iceberg 1” being held by Somali pirates has told his relatives in Ghana that they are being taken off the ship to […]

  • Armed Stance

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    Ships sailing under a British flag will be able to carry armed guards to protect them from pirates, the British prime minister David Cameron has announced. He says he wants […]

  • Perth 2012

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    Piracy on the high seas will be the focus of a major international conference in Australia next year. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd announced the conference to be hosted in Perth […]

  • Freedom Demand

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    A South African couple kidnapped by Somali pirates a year ago has made a direct appeal to be released. Bruno Pelizzari, 52, was captured with his partner Debbie Calitz, 49, […]

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