Ships are taking lethal steps to protect against piracy. Tristan McConnell NAIROBI, Kenya — Just a couple of years ago, nations with large navies looked with suspicion at the private, armed guards that some ships were using to ward off pirates. No longer. These days, such guards are embraced as the best defense against increasingly …
Read more »NAIROBI, Kenya — The crew of the Shiuh Fu-1 had been held hostage off the Somali coast for more than a year this January, when their captors took an exceptionally violent step to extract a $3 million ransom. The pirates held down the Taiwanese trawler’s captain, Chao-I Wu, and sawed off his lower arm. Afterward, …
Read more »MEPs from across the political spectrum have demanded the release of two Italian soldiers who have been arrested in India on suspicion of killing two fishermen in the Indian Ocean. During a debate on piracy in the region on 14 March 2012, a number of MEPs donned T-shirts demanding that the two fishermen be dealt …
Read more »LAGOS: A Nigerian armed militant group said Sunday it would not mediate the release of three sailors abducted last week when their cargo ship was attacked by pirates off the Nigerian coast. Pirates shot their way onto a Dutch-owned cargo vessel [NMS Note: the vessel in question is the Breiz Klipper] February 1 and kidnapped …
Read more »Kuala Lumpur – Heavily armed gunmen fired on an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria in the latest in a spate of pirate attacks in the increasingly treacherous Gulf of Guinea, a maritime watchdog said on Thursday. The Panamanian-flagged, Nigerian-owned vessel thwarted an attempted boarding by taking evasive action during the attack, which occurred …
Read more »By David Badger Captain and engineer taken hostage in armed raid on the Breiz Klipper, at anchor in Nigerian dock Armed pirates yesterday raided a cargo ship anchored in a Nigerian port, kidnapping the master and chief engineer, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said this morning. The bureau’s piracy reporting centre said eight Nigerian pirates armed …
Read more »Published on February 22, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The threat to shipping and cargo remains serious from acts of piracy. In this position paper, European Shippers urge commitment from governments to protect shipping from this pirate threat. . THE CONTINUING THREAT TO SHIPPING AND CARGO FROM ACTS OF PIRACY A position paper …
Read more »Published on February 22, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The threat to shipping and cargo remains serious from acts of piracy. In this position paper, European Shippers urge commitment from governments to protect shipping from this pirate threat. . THE CONTINUING THREAT TO SHIPPING AND CARGO FROM ACTS OF PIRACY A position paper …
Read more »Published on February 22, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The threat to shipping and cargo remains serious from acts of piracy. In this position paper, European Shippers urge commitment from governments to protect shipping from this pirate threat. . THE CONTINUING THREAT TO SHIPPING AND CARGO FROM ACTS OF PIRACY A position paper …
Read more »Published on February 22, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The threat to shipping and cargo remains serious from acts of piracy. In this position paper, European Shippers urge commitment from governments to protect shipping from this pirate threat. . THE CONTINUING THREAT TO SHIPPING AND CARGO FROM ACTS OF PIRACY A position paper …
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