Published on June 19, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments June usually marks the arrival of the monsoon season. Characterized by rains, winds and rough seas, the navigation of skiffs and dhows becomes very difficult restricting access to fishing grounds. Fishermen work closer to shore and Pirate groups can take advantage of this to […]
Published on June 15, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments The Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) message provides information on threats to, and criminal action against, merchant vessels worldwide in the last 30 days. The report is produced primarily to inform merchant mariners and naval forces. Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report15 May 2012 – […]
Opinion The Piracy Bill, introduced in Parliament recently, seeks to tackle the growing incidence of piracy on the high seas. Abimanyu Nagarajan examines the proposed law Piracy on the high seas has been rampant in recent years. Many of these pirates are from Somalia. On several occasions Indian merchant ships in the Arabian Sea and elsewhere have […]
Maritime piracy, violence and the international response Researchers in Hong Kong have analyzed the incidence of maritime piracy during the last decade and have developed a way to predict whether or not a particular vessel, with a specific cargo, shipping in a given patch of water is likely to be a target for piracy and […]
Reporting period: 24-30 May 2012 (Updated: 24 May 2012) If you would like to receive this weekly piracy update by e-mail, or you have not recently received a copy then please let us know. E-mail to info@shipping.nato.int and your e-mail address will be added to the distribution list. Overview During the reporting period of 24 May to […]
USS TAYLOR, At Sea (NNS) — Over the past several weeks, guided-missile frigate USS Taylor (FFG 50) and its visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team, have actively patrolled the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) and provided security assistance to several merchant vessels transiting through the Gulf of Aden region. Taylor, with embarked Helicopter Anti-Submarine […]
This year, Russian ships convoyed 92 merchant vessels from 27 countries in the area of the Horn of Africa. They prevented the capture of one vessel, Russian Navy spokesmen reported on Tuesday. At present, a detachment of ships consisting of the large submarine-hunter The Vice Admiral Kulakov of the Northern Fleet, The Bubnov tanker and […]
Russian Northern Fleet (NF) destroyer ‘Vice Admiral Kulakov’ escorts a second merchant convoy through the Gulf of Aden in her current anti-piracy mission The convoy consisted of merchant ships flying flags of Malta and Liberia, the NF spokesman Capt 1 Rank Vadim Serga told ITAR-TASS. “Crew of destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov replenished supplies delivered by tanker Ivan Bubnovon […]
Ever heard of Puntland? What about Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud? Well he’s the president of this “state of Somalia”, as the MEA describes it. It’s the more stable part of the African Horn and he’s in India seeking support for strong measures against piracy and training for his marine police. Mohamud’s presence in India was largely […]
Chris Cork The MV Albedo with a crew of 23, seven of them Pakistanis, was captured by Somali pirates on November 26, 2010. As usual the pirates have demanded a ransom, and the deadline for the payment ran out on Tuesday. Somali pirates have killed and severely injured their hostages in the past when applying […]