Somali pirates hijack 1 ship, free another
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Somali pirates seized control of a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and a NATO helicopter gunship, too late to prevent the hijacking, picked up three security guards who jumped into the sea. Both France and Germany, which have ships in the area as part of an international anti-piracy coalition, sent the [...]
IMO chief makes direct appeal to Security Council for Somalia piracy action
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IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos has issued a call at the highest level for a coordinated and cohesive response, both internationally and nationally, to combat the scourge of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Yesterday (20 November), in a personal briefing to the UN Security Council in [...]
INS Tabar sinks pirate mother ship
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NEW DELHI: An Indian naval frigate has sunk a pirate vessel in the pirate infested waters in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of
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INS Tabar, which has been deployed for anti-piracy patrol operations since November 2, was among dozens of warships from several countries that took part in a major offensive to protect [...]
Somali pirate attacks threaten Suez Canal
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Alarmed at the growing number of attacks off Somalia, international merchant shipping is edging closer to doing the unthinkable in peace time: by-passing one of world’s most vital trade routes. Somali pirates have been plundering ships off the Horn of Africa for years, but the recent surge in attacks has spilled out into the Gulf [...]
IMB head call far warships to “DISRUPT” Pirate attacks
INTERNATIONAL Maritime Bureau director Pottengal Mukundan has called for warships of navies operating in the Gulf of Aden to take a much more interventionist role against pirates operating from bases in Somalia. He was speaking against the background of a surge in hijackings of large merchant ships, including a 55,000 dwt bulker and two 30,000 [...]
