Defiant Somali pirates await EU navy force
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Somali pirates were undeterred Saturday as a new European Union naval forces readied to launch an operation aimed at curbing relentless attacks that have rattled world maritime trade. The EU’s anti-piracy drive, dubbed Atalanta, was to formally kick off on Monday, increasing the military presence in the Gulf of Aden, which has in recent months [...]
EU to launch anti-piracy mission next week
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A European Union flotilla will begin anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia next week, the EU’s foreign policy chief said Wednesday. The six warships and three maritime reconnaissance aircraft will replace a NATO naval force that has been patrolling the region and escorting cargo ships carrying relief aid to Somalia since the end of [...]
Legal Hurdles in West Slow Pursuit of Pirates
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Somali pirates firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked yet another ship in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, this time seizing a chemical tanker. A German military helicopter from a nearby warship arrived in time to pull three security guards out of the water, but not soon enough to prevent the hijacking of the [...]
Indonesia warns of pirate attacks in Malacca Straits
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Pirate attacks in the Malacca Straits could rise as the global economic meltdown unfolds, Indonesia has warned. ”We predict that with the global crisis, there will be more pirates and illegal activities taking place in the Malacca Straits,” Sagom Tamboen, spokesman for the Indonesian Navy, told the local press. Joint patrols out at sea are [...]
Steaming under the constellation of Piracy
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Piracy has occurred through the ages together with the presence of the first Ships. People along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea have been trying to gain control of the trade routes and attacking the competition that was en route by sea. Thus it was common practice for the people engaged in commerce to be [...]
Protests against piracy, detention of seamen
Lack of response from government authorities towards increasing incidents of piracy attacks and criminalization of Indian seamen have found expressions last week when concerned individuals and unions went to the streets at multiple locations across the country.
Chennai witnessed a flag march on Sunday, (October 5), protesting against detention of two mariners in [...]
InterManager condemns lack of action on piracy
InterManager, the International Ship Managers’ Association which represents a worldwide fleet of more than 2,500 ocean‐going ships and some 100,000 crew, has condemned the lack of a co‐ordinated international effort to tackle the escalating piracy problem in the Gulf of Aden.
With more than 200 seafarers now being held hostage off the coast of Somalia, some [...]
IMO aims to extend UN resolution on piracy in Gulf of Aden
The International Maritime Organization has asked for the extension of United Nations resolution 1816, which aims to tackle the upsurge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden, a spokeswoman for the organization told Platts on Friday.
“The Secretary General [of the IMO] has written to the UN Secretary General asking for extension of the mandate of [...]
MISSISSIPPI CRASH COMMS FAILURE.
A US Coast Guard preliminary investigation into the collision on the Mississippi River at New Orleans on 23 July has found that the tug involved did not respond to VHF calls from either the other vessel or from VTS.
The independent investigation by into the incident involving the the chemical tanker Tintomara and an American Commercial [...]
