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Indian dhow with 14 sailors rescued
Brussels :: Belgium | 12 days ago
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Pirates have extensively used hijacked dhows as mother ships' to launch attacks on transiting merchant ships. EU Navfor spokesperson Lieutenant Commander Jacqueline Sherriff told The Hindu over the telephone that the attack took place some 50
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Somalia: EU Naval Force Ship Fs Nivose Conducts Training With the Djiboutian Coastguard
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 month ago
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After being given an overview of maritime security training, from boarding a suspect vessel to the securing of a visiting ship, several training scenarios enabled the Djiboutian Coastguard to practice routines such as the stop and search of a suspect
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MV Royal Grace to dock at Salalah Port within hours
Şalālah :: Oman | 3 months ago
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After long hours of uncertainty, MV Royal Grace docked at the Salalah Port by 10pm, maritime sources said. Even though, the ship reached some 10 km near to the port, it was not allowed to dock at the port as a shipping agency in Salalah, which took
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Have hired guns finally scuppered Somali...
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 4 months ago
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Posted between septuagenarian passengers in deck chairs, lookouts stand watch over the Gulf of Aden, scanning the horizon for pirates. After more than half a decade of Somali men attacking Indian Ocean shipping from small speedboats with AK-47s,
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Somalia: Merchant Ship Repels Pirate Attack
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 months ago
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In the evening of 5th January, a merchant vessel sailing 260 miles off the Somali Coast, made a distress call, reporting that she was coming under attack by six men in a fast moving boat, armed with rocket propelled grenades. Thankfully, having
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Troubled waters
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 12 months ago
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COM 56 mins ago Somali pirates at the Indian Ocean File photo As you read this, the 21-member crew seven Pakistanis, seven Bangladeshis, six Sri Lankans, one Indian and one Iranian national of Malaysian-owned MV Albedo lie within the jaws of Somali
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Europe Finally Develops Some Guts
Ever since the European Union has formed, they have never launched a coordinated attack of their own against terrorist groups that bully the continent around. Finally, EU developed some guts and are now fighting back. For the
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EU Naval forces launch aerial attacks on Somali pirates - boats and dinghies sunk
In what appears to be a change in tactics and strategies, the EU Naval Forces have launched aerial attacks on the ground bases of the Somali pirates as reported in skynews dated 15th of May 2012. Instead of waiting for things to
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EU carries out first strikes on Somali pirates.
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 year ago
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The European Union says its naval force off the Somali coastline has carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore. A spokesman said maritime aircraft and attack helicopters took part in the attacks early
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EU forces attack Somalia pirates
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 year ago
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EU forces in first mainland raid EU naval forces have conducted their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats. The EU forces were transported by helicopter to the pirate bases near the port of
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