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Experts: Nigerian pirates may be extending reach
Benin :: Nigeria | about 15 hours ago
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Pirates attacked an oil tanker Tuesday, killing a Ukrainian sailor and wounding at least two crew members on the Liberian-flagged Cancale Star, said Benin's naval chief, Maxime Ahoyo. He said the tanker had 24 crew members, mostly Ukrainian and that some...
Tags: Nigerian, Cyrus Mody, Benin, Somalia, West Africa, pirates attack, equally dangerous, somalis pirates, Nigeria
Pirates Attack Oil Tanker Off Africa's West Coast
Cotonou :: Benin | 2 days ago
Credibility Four other crewmen aboard the Monfrovia-flagged Cancale Star were injured in the attack that occurred just off the Benin coast, AFP reported. "The death that we have is the chief mechanic, who is responsible for the engines...The captain, a Lithuanian,...
Tags: Benin, Fernand Maxime Ahoyo, Cancale Star, Horn of Africa, pirates attack, commander maxime, nautical miles, flagged cancale, oil tanker, Cotonou, Piracy, International criminal law, Piracy in Somalia, October 28 2007 incident off Somalia, Agence France-Presse, International Maritime Bureau, News agencies, Chemical tankers, Gulf of Aden
Spanish Ministry for Defene claims 'Alakrana' pirates escaped by two minutes
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 days ago
Credibility The home town of the pirates, Haradhere, is now celebrating a spending boom One of the pirates who took part in the negotiations for the release of the ‘Alakrana’ Basque tuna fishing boat and her crew has claimed that they were not shot at by the Spanish...
Tags: pirates attack, Somalia, Spanish Ministry for Defene, Maersk Alabama, crew members, korean captain, U.S, Horn of Africa, gunshot wound, Mogadishu, Business Finance, International criminal law, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, MV Maersk Alabama, INS Tabar, Politics, Maersk Alabama hijacking, A. P. Moller-Maersk Group, Shane Murphy, Humanitarian aid, Year of birth missing, timeline of the War in Somalia, Gulf of Aden, Transport in Somalia, Dai Hong Dan, USS Porter, Hobyo, MV Sirius Star, Long Range Acoustic Device
French navy seizes Somali pirates
Paris :: France | about 1 month ago
Credibility The pirates launched their assault on the 160-meter (525-foot) long ship, La Somme, from a skiff late Tuesday. The French sailors beat off their attack and managed to capture several of them, AFP quoted the official as saying...The world's naval powers...
Tags: French, Somalia, Navy Repels Somali Pirate, Somali Piracy, pirates attack, La Somme, Christophe Prazuck, military spokesman, refueling ship
Pirates take Spanish fishing boat
Madrid :: Spain | about 1 month ago
Credibility Officials said that the Alakrana was seized in waters between Somalia and the Seychelles. The European Union's anti-piracy naval force has begun an operation to make contact with the crew. In the absence of any effective national government, pirate gangs...
Tags: Spanish, MS Alakrana, Indian Ocean, pirates attack, fishing boat, pirates hijacked, Somalia, Somalis, tuna trawler, Basque Country
Sydney Morning Herald: Australian navy ships stop pirate attack
Aden :: Yemen | 6 months ago
Credibility Two Australian Navy ships steamed in when a merchant ship reported being under fire from Somali pirates. Sydney and Ballarat, were passing through the Gulf of Aden when the MV Dubai Princess raised distress signals.
Tags: Navy, pirates attack
Pirates hijack another German cargo ship
Aden :: Yemen | 6 months ago
Credibility The MV Victoria, which is flagged in Antigua and Barbuda and has a Romanian crew, fell prey to sea bandits in the Gulf of Aden...The US Navy told German media outlets that the ship had been taken on Tuesday on its way to the port of Jeddah. The German...
Tags: Somalia, Antiguan, Maritime Administration of Antigua, Barbuda, pirates attack, Gulf of Aden, MV Victoria, ship companies, using navy, Senate Commerce
Pirates hijack cargo ship off Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 6 months ago
Credibility It is the latest reported seizure of a vessel in the Gulf of Aden by pirates from virtually lawless Somalia, who over the last few years have captured dozens of vessels and hundreds of hostages, making off with millions of dollars in ransoms. The Antigua...
Tags: Somalian, pirates attack, Gulf of Aden
Italian ship repels pirate attack
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
Credibility An Italian merchant ship on Wednesday escaped an attack by suspected Somali pirates, five days after an Italian cruise ship also avoided being hijacked. The Jolly Smeraldo was 300 miles south-east of Mogadishu when a small boat with seven pirates aboard...
Tags: Somalia, pirates attack, merchant ship, cargo ship, ship escaped, Jolly Smeraldo, Mogadishu, Italian
Italy cruise ship fires on Somali pirates
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
Credibility Civilian shipping and passenger ships have generally avoided arming crewmen or hiring armed security for reasons of safety, liability and compliance with the rules of the different countries where they dock. Saturday's exchange of fire was one of the...
Tags: Yemeni, cruise ship, Somaliland, oil tanker, Somalia, pirates attack, ship attack, Gulf of Aden, pirates seize
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