Tag: citadel
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Safe Place
The issue of shipboard citadels is one of the most complex and divisive in the industry. Get the citadel right and it can save an entire crew, get it wrong […]
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Speculation Mounts
There continues to be confusion over the unarmed security guard rumoured to have been onboard the “MT Liquid Velvet” when pirates hijacked the chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden. […]
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Citadel Debate
The re-taking of the “Montecristo” has prompted much debate on security measures. Onboard the vessel it was felt that the presence of unarmed security guards contributed to defeating the attack […]
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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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Citadel Saviour
A hijack attempt on a Greek tanker has been thwarted after the crew hid in an onboard citadel and a Russian warship rushed to rescue the vessel. Gunmen from two […]
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Citadel Success
HMS Montrose has come to the rescue of a crew attacked by pirates and locked in a citadel aboard their ship in the Southern Red Sea. Six armed men boarded […]
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Citadel Saviour
Pirates attacked two tankers off the coast of Benin as they were undergoing a ship-to-ship transfer. The vessels involved were the mother ship ‘Golden Sofia’ and the daughter vessel ‘Aidin’. […]
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Swift Response
The vessel “Full City” was captured by pirates yesterday, only to be rapidly freed by a swift naval response. Turkish and U.S. navy ships were thankfully close to the vessel […]
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Falcon Saved
An attempted pirate attack was disrupted last week by U.S. Navy forces supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Two helicopters were sent to investigate a distress call from the “Falcon Trader II” […]
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Falcon Fear
Fears are growing as pirates have boarded the 54,924-dwt Falcon Trader II (built 2009) in the Arabian Sea. On first report the crew were understood to be in a citadel and […]
