Month: September 2011
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Italian Action
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says officials are working with the Somali government to free Italian sailors held by pirates. Frattini, speaking on Italian TV, said new measures against the […]
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Ransom Demand
Somali pirates, who kidnapped Durban couple Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz almost a year ago have promised to kill them if the $4-million ransom is not paid soon. In a […]
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Abandoned Prize
A group of pirates operating in the Red Sea managed to board a vessel over the weekend – which usually means just one thing…a long stay off Somalia. As the […]
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Warded Off
Attacks by Somali pirates on two cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden were thwarted by an Indian Navy warship last week, navy officers claimed. “INS Sukanya”, an offshore patrol […]
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A Merging Market
According an expert observer, we can expect to soon see a spate of mergers and acquisitions in the private maritime security industry. Mark Hankey, MD of Flag Victor believes that […]
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Flag Waivers
Cyprus’s government is preparing a change to the law that will allow its merchant ships to carry gunmen as protection against pirates, Cyprus News Agency reported, citing a shipping official. […]
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Stinger Sells
UK company BCB International, which makes compressed air cannons, has reported increased interest for a new floating entanglement device. The equipment can reportedly stop pirate skiffs in their tracks. The […]
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Express Arrival
Twenty six sailors and a crew of a Cypriot flag ship who were abandoned by Somali pirates after their hijacked ship caught fire have safely arrived at the port of […]
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Union Blues
A trade union dispute in Germany has led to reduced German participation in the anti-piracy patrol off Somalia. The problem arose when the union that represented the civilians sailors who […]
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High Price
A Vietnamese shipping firm paid more than $2 million in ransom to free its crewmen held for months by Somali pirates. All 24 Vietnamese crew members landed on Friday at […]
