SURABAYA, Indonesia – The Mad Foxes of Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 and squadrons 800, 600, 400 and 200 of the Indonesian navy participated in the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) at Juanda Naval Air Base in Indonesia on May 30. The joint forces “at sea” training exercise held professional discussions designed to facilitate […]
PARIS, June 12 – The prosecutor in the Paris trial of six Somalis charged with holding crew of a luxury sailing ship hostage in the Gulf of Aden in 2008 on Monday called for sentences of up to 15 years. “These six men you are going to judge … seriously endangered French lives,” prosecutor […]
MANILA — A Greek-owned chemical tanker, with 21 Filipino sailors onboard, was released from captivity by Somali pirates earlier this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. Raul Hernandez, Foreign Affairs spokesman, said that M/T Liquid Velvet was released on June 4 after being held captive since October 31 last year. The Marshall […]
LASQORAY, Somalia 02 Jun 2012 (Garowe Online) – Somaliland naval forces attacked a crew of engineers assessing the port of Lasqoray a town under Puntland authority, Radio Garowe reports. According to Deputy Minister of Security Abdijamal Osman Mohamed Somaliland naval forces attacked a crew of engineers who were aboard a ship escorted by Puntland forces […]
WHITE BEACH OKINAWA, Japan– Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) honored World War II veteran Wayne Heyart with a ceremony on the ship’s forecastle during a June 1 port visit to White Beach, Okinawa. Heyart, a former Radioman 1st Class, toured McCampbell and spoke with Sailors about his experiences in […]
SASEBO, Japan – The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Sasebo, Japan, for port visit on June 1. The ship pulled into Sasebo Naval Base for the crew’s third port visit since departing the U.S. 5th Fleet area of […]
Pirates attacked a Greek-owned oil tanker off Nigeria Friday but failed to hijack the ship after the crew hid in a safe room, the International Maritime Bureau said. The tanker was anchored off Lagos when armed pirates boarded early on Friday, said Noel Choong, head of the IMB’s piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, reports […]
Prior to 1990 piracy was not a major concern in Somali. However, it cost between $6.6 and $6.9 billion in 2011, according to a recent study. The international community has undertaken an array of efforts to prevent and deter pirate attacks off Somalia’s coast. A number of countries also run their own anti-piracy operations in […]
Published on May 31, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments More than half the crew members of the Maersk Alabama, a container ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009, are suing for nearly $50million claiming that their captain put them in harm’s way. Warnings on pirates ignored, Maersk lawsuits sayBy Robert McCabe, The […]
MISAWA, Japan – Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 completed a six-month deployment at Naval Air Facility Misawa May 28 and officially turned over with VP-8. The “Screaming Eagles” of VP-1, will now return to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, located in Oak Harbor, Wash., and VP-8, which comes from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., will take […]