Tag: hijacked

  • Tanker Thefts

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    According to the UK P&I Club, there is an extremely worrying new “piracy” trend developing off West Africa. Previous attacks off the West African coast have usually involved petty theft […]

  • Deadly Delay

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    Sources have confirmed that the Taiwanese skipper of a hijacked fishing vessel was killed on May 10. A full eleven days before the ministry in Taipei was eventually informed. Captain Wu […]

  • Activity Alert

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    Recent pirate activity has centred near Latitude 06 09N, Longitude 050 33E. At 0908 UTC 16 May, a previously hijacked ship “MV Orna” was reported making good a course of […]

  • EMS River Freed

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    Pirates have released a Barbuda-flagged vessel hijacked on December 27 last year, the European Union Naval Task Force Somalia (EU-Navfor) has reported. The M/V Ems River was in the Indian […]

  • Satellite Tracked

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    According to reports from the European Space Agency, the the Italian space agency Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, have acquired the first images of the Italian oil tanker Savina Caylyn since it was […]

  • VLCC Taken

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    A VLCC carrying about $200m (£125m; 146m euros) worth of crude oil has reportedly been hijacked off the coast of Oman, the vessel’s Greek operator says. Athens-based shipping company Enesel said […]

  • Yacht Hijacked

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    News is emerging that a yacht with six crew has been hijacked near Somalia. Several local sources have confirmed that Somali pirates have captured a yacht with six crew members […]

  • East African Fishing, With A Catch.

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    EUNAVFOR recently confirmed that the Kenyan flagged fishing vessel the Golden Wave was hijacked on 9 October 2010, with 43 crew onboard. Considering the International Maritime Bureau’s statistics on the […]

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