Merchant Marine
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MSR Rolling Total
MSR has reported its latest 2011 Rolling Total, of Reported Maritime Security Incidents. The figures up to the end of May are as follows: • 319 total number of incidents […]
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Guards Freed
Four British men detained in Eritrea for more than five months with no consular access have been released, the UK Foreign Office has said. The two ex-Marine guards and two […]
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Release Rumour
Local observers have reported that the a “relatively small ransom” has finally been delivered for the release of “MV Suez”. It is understood that the pirates holding the vessel have […]
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Pay Day
The tanker “MT Zirku” has been released after the payment of a ransom. Pirates claimed a record amount ($12 Million) was been paid to free the vessel which has 29 crew […]
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Indian Plea
Somalian Ambassador to India Ebyan Mahamed Salah has urged pirates to release the remaining seven Indian crew members of “MV Asphalt Venture” being held hostage for the past few months […]
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Set Free
Somali pirates have freed a Chinese-owned cargo vessel they had held for nearly seven months. Owned and managed by Ningbo Hongyuan Ship Management Ltd, the Panama-flagged cargo carrier “Yuan Xiang” […]
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Guilty Plea
A Yemeni man plans to plead guilty to piracy next week for his role in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left four Americans dead, […]
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Beyond Piracy
According to a new study “Oceans Beyond Piracy”, Somali pirates attacked more than 4,000 seafarers with firearms or rocket propelled grenades last year and almost 500 seafarers suffered abuse […]
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Holy Orders
The Catholic Church has issued a statement on: ‘Piracy and seafarers: a human crisis’. They urge Governments and international organizations, to act in bringing seafarers home and to find solutions […]
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No Fly Zone
Two planes (a Citation jet and a Cessna caravan single-engine) seized in Somalia with $3.6 million in ransom money were modified without civil aviation authorisation to enable them drop cash […]
