Merchant Marine
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Hostages Alive
A Danish reporter has met the Danish family being held hostage by Somali pirates and they seem to be well. The reporter is said to have been allowed to visit […]
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Iconic Status
At this year’s CMA 2011 event in Stamford BIMCO President Robert Lorenz-Meyer told delegates that the shipping industry needed an icon to highlight the plight of the piracy problem. In […]
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Armed Response
On 21-MAR-2011 315nm SE of Hobyo, Somalia, the tanker “Al-Nouf” was attacked by two skiffs (4 armed pirates, and 10 armed pirates). The PAG fired RPG’s and other automatic weapons […]
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Asian Anger
Representatives of Asian shipowners’ associations have expressed outrage over a lack of government action against an increasing number of attacks on their ships and the brutality shown by Somali pirates. […]
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Pirate Movie
The Toronto Film Festival has seen a positive response to a new film about Somali piracy. There has been a real buzz around the movie, “Pirate Tapes”, a documentary by […]
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Negotiating Concerns
Sources close to the elders of the gang holding the Danish hostages from the sailing yacht “SY ING” have reported that the present negotiations between a Danish delegation in Bosasso […]
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Heading Home
The crew of “MV Jahan Moni”, freed last week after 99 days in captivity will be returning home from Oman today a day earlier than expected. The good health of […]
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Boycott Call
Jan Hammer, chief executive of Odfjell Tankers, (which has 95 chemical tankers), has called for a boycott of the Suez Canal. An action they believe would force intervention in Somalia […]
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A Fine Mess
When IMO secretary-general, Efthimios Mitropoulos stated that more than 60% of ships were ignoring the recommended Best Industry Management Practice (BMP) it made alarm bells ring. The fact that so […]
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Child Pirates
In many war zones the term “child soldier” is commonplace. Now, it seems that the term “child pirate” is likely to gain similar currency. Indian authorities have been confounded to […]
