Tag: Pirates

  • Swift Response

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    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 […]

  • Ransoms Legal

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    Given the shipping industry’s reliance on ransoms to get ships freed from pirates, there is some relief that a recent court decision has reaffirmed that ransom payments are legal. According […]

  • Hi-Tech Solution

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    A US robotics company is working to perfect a “magnetized robot” to climb up ships hulls to spy on pirates. The ReconRobotics system would allow a vehicle to carry a […]

  • Taken Down

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    Samho Shipping has been brought to the brink of bankruptcy by Pirates and a combination of financial difficulties. Low freight rates, high bunker prices and the costs associated with two […]

  • Tanker Escape

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    A Singaporean chemical tanker survived an Easter brush with pirates off Somalia. Shots were fired at the 33,374-dwt “MV Atlantia” on Easter Sunday as a gang looked to take control […]

  • Shifting Scene

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    There have been concerns voiced that the new, more “muscular approach” being taken by Indian Navy’s could drive pirates over to the Malacca Straits. Since Naval forces first arrived, pirates […]

  • Pirates Transferred to Seychelles

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    11 suspected pirates detained by the EUNAVFOR Spanish warship, ESPS CANARIAS on 28 March 2011 were today transferred to Seychellois legal authorities for possible prosecution. The suspected pirates were detained by […]

  • Tanker Taken

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    At approximately 0900Z on 28 March, the Crude Oil Tanker the “MV Zirku” was hit by pirates. The vessel was approximately 250 nautical miles South East of Salalah in the […]

  • Fending Them Off

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    On March 27, 2011 a group of pirates attempted to seize the tanker “Asia”, owned by Novoship. The vessel was 235 nm northeast of Socotra Island, when a boat with […]

  • Funding The Fight

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    The UK Foreign Secretary has announced £6 million funding to improve maritime surveillance of pirates in the Indian Ocean and to increase prison capacity in Somalia and across the Indian […]

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