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Piracy Targets Getting Harder

Posted in Africa, Somalia, Ukraine, piracy, sinking on Oct 30th, 2008

Like us? Bookmark this article! Five ships, two under gunfire, deterred attacks by Puntland pirates in the Gulf Of Aden in one day alone. Lessons, it seems, are being learned.
Evasive manoeuvering and fire hoses were used to defend the vessels, which have not been named, on [...]

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Piracy - MARAD Advisory

Posted in Africa, piracy on Oct 26th, 2008

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MAC has received the following advisory:

***** VIA NOTICE TO MARINERS US SHIP OPERATOR EMAIL DISTRIBUTION ***** GULF OF ADEN PIRACY COUNTERMEASURES
***** ALL OPERATORS OF U.S. FLAG, EFFECTIVE U.S. CONTROLLED VESSELS, AND OTHER MARITIME INTERESTS *****
1. THIS MARAD ADVISORY PROVIDES SUGGESTED [...]

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Piracy: A Victim’s Story

Posted in Africa, piracy on Oct 24th, 2008

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The following account is extracted from Richard Middleton’s Chatham House report: Piracy In Somalia.

Captain Darch was the skipper of the Svitzer Korsakov when it was boarded by pirates on 1 February 2008. He and his five crew mates were held for 47 [...]

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Piracy Commentary - Pirates In The Bow, Seafarers on the Front Lines

Posted in Africa, IMB, International Maritime Bureau, maritime accidents, piracy on Oct 24th, 2008

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Let’s give a hand to the pirates aboard the MV Faina. Thanks to their efforts a seven-ship fleet under NATO is about the arrive in the Gulf of Aden, US warships are off the coast of Hobyo with mv Faina in their [...]

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Weekly Piracy Report

Posted in IMB, International Maritime Bureau, piracy on Oct 23rd, 2008

Like us? Bookmark this article! The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships [...]

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Maritime Safety News Today - 18th October 2008

Posted in capsize, explosion, maritime safety, maritime safety news, piracy, sinking on Oct 19th, 2008

Like us? Bookmark this article! Cargo ship blows up at Southpoint
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
The blast is believed to have ripped open the bottom of the vessel, causing it to start sinking immediately. The fire department, marine police and the
Pirates Hijack 8 Nigerian Vessels
THISDAY - [...]

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Piracy, Where’s The Love, Where Are The Bikinis?

Posted in piracy on Sep 22nd, 2008

Like us? Bookmark this article! It’s Maritime Week, so Fox News will be grilling McCain and Obama about how they propose to deal with the threat to American economy presented by piracy off the Somali coast. CNN will be featuring items on the importance of seafarers to [...]

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Stolt Valor Hijacking Update

Posted in maritime crime, piracy on Sep 18th, 2008

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As of 2pm Japan time, as follows:
1) The vessel’s Master has confirmed on email and phone that all crew on board are safe and unharmed. All crew are confined to one location - the ship’s wheelhouse - but are being allowed to [...]

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Don’t Keep Mum On Pirate Mothers

Posted in ICC, IMB, International Chamber of Commerce, International Maritime Bureau, piracy on Aug 14th, 2008

Like us? Bookmark this article! If you’ve read our postings on pirates and listened to The Lessons From The Danica White you’ll know about the motherships used by pirates to launch smaller boats to attack ships. The International Maritime Bureau has released photographs of what it believes [...]

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Weekly Piracy Report

Posted in IMB, International Chamber of Commerce, International Maritime Bureau, piracy on Jul 17th, 2008

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Weekly Piracy Report
8-14 July 2008

A summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET [...]

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