Online whistle-blower WikiLeaks has released the fifth of 1,796 cables that supposedly emanated from the US Embassy in Manila. In the secret memo, dated Nov. 7, 2007, then US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney reported to the Department of State in Washington, DC on the “Philippine views on the MV Golden Mori piracy.” The …
Read more »Russian Pacific Fleet’s destroyer Admiral Panteleyev will visit Singapore and Indonesia on May 16-27 to take part in IMDEX-2011 naval exhibition and hold joint drills with the Indonesian navy. The biennial IMDEX Asia International Maritime Defense Exhibition (IMDEX) is held in Singapore on May 17-19. “Russian warships have taken part in this exhibition several times …
Read more »Iranian warships en route to the Red Sea thwarted an attempting hijacking of an oil tanker from the United Arab Emirates, the government said. Tehran said its 14th Fleet of warships sailing from Bahrain to the Red Sea intervened in an attempted hijacking of an Emirati oil tanker. Tehran said it responded to a distress …
Read more »A UAE oil tanker was rescued by Iranian warships from an attempted pirate attack yesterday, according to an Iranian television network. The tanker was sailing from Bahrain to the Red Sea when it was attacked by two pirate boats and sent out a distress call, said Press TV. Warships from the Iranian navy’s 14th fleet …
Read more »Somali pirates hijacked a Singapore-owned product tanker about 180 miles off the coast of Kenya, said port officials and the EU’s anti-piracy taskforce on Monday. The 21,000-tonne vessel MV Gemini, operated by Singapore-based Glory Ship Management, was seized on Saturday while on its way to Kenya from Malaysia. The ship had 25 crew members on …
Read more »A Singapore-registered chemical cargo ship carrying 25 people, including four Koreans, is believed to have been hijacked by Somali pirates. The vessel’s operator, Glory Ship Management, says its MT Gemini tanker transporting more than 28-thousand tons of crude palm oil from Indonesia to Mombasa, Kenya was seized by assailants early Saturday in waters off Kenya. …
Read more »Somali pirates on Saturday hijacked a Singapore-flagged ship off the coast of Kenya with more than two dozen crew members on board, most of them Indonesians, officials said on Sunday. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a statement that the chemical tanker MT Gemini was boarded by pirates about 120 nautical …
Read more »The International Chamber of Shipping, ITF, Indian National Shipowners’ Association, NUSI, MUI, IMEC, InterManager, Intertanko and BIMCO deplore the latest development in the Indian Ocean piracy crisis as some Indian crew members of a released merchant ship are retained ashore in Somalia. The Asphalt Venture, a 1991 built asphalt/bitumen tanker was hijacked by Somali pirates …
Read more »Canadian naval ships will be built on the North Shore for the first time in decades if the Liberals form the next federal government, according to party leader Michael Ignatieff. Ignatieff made the commitment on his way to a speaking engagement in West Vancouver Sunday. The promise that could translate into hundreds of jobs and …
Read more »Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned crude oil tanker they had hijacked two months ago off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean. The pirates freed the 319,000-dwt Irene SL vessel early on Saturday after they received a ransom payment of $14 million, a Press TV correspondent reported. The vessel had a crew of …
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