Nigerian pirates have attacked three vessels in a single day, damaging a couple of ships but failing to board any of the vessels or harm their crew. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported an attack on June 30 around 120 nautical miles southwest of Nigeria’s Bonny Island where a container ship adrift awaiting berthing instructions […]
The IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre has just released details of an incident on Sunday off the Omani coast. According to the report, pirates armed with guns in two skiffs approached an LPG tanker underway in position 25.15N-057.16.4E at 1516 UTC, approximately 48nm off Fujairah, Oman. The Master fired warning flares and pyrotechnics, increased speed and […]
Colombia: “Colombia’s navy seizes cocaine shipment in boat off Pacific coast” & “Colombian Police Seize 2.5 Tons of Cocaine, Arrest 16” Washington Post, 5 June 2012 & Latin American Herald Tribune, 05 June 2012 The Colombian Navy seized at least 2.5 tons of cocaine off the Pacific coast earlier this week, reportedly marking the largest […]
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 […]
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 […]
Laura Collins As 10 Somalis are jailed for life in Abu Dhabi for hijacking a UAE cargo vessel, other countries too have had enough of anarchy on the high seas and are taking the fight to the lawless pirate gangs. Laura Collins reports Looking back, it was a certain numb clarity of thought that gave Adam Zaradzie […]
New Delhi: A strong plea was made in the Lok Sabha today for urgent government intervention into the hijacking by Somali pirates of a Panama flag oil tanker holding captive 232 crew, including 35 Indians. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, senior Congress member P C Chacko lamented that the life of those held captive […]
The Combined Task Force 151 (CTF151) has decided to stop pursuing Somali pirates who captured a Liberian-flagged tanker carrying about 135,000 tonnes of crude oil for PTT Plc in the Gulf of Eden on Thursday after receiving a report that the pirates have taken the tanker to the Somali coast and demanded a ransom, a […]
Somali pirates have hijacked a petrol tanker belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Indian Ocean and are sailing it to the Somali coast, the European Union’s anti-piracy body has said. “Late on the morning of July 16, it was reported by the owners that the MV Jubba 20, a laden tanker, had […]
ShipSpotting.com© Igor Torgachkin UPDATE: Our colleagues at OCEANUSLive.org have confirmed that the vessel is the Greek-owned tanker SMYRNI (IMO 9493779). We have received credible reports that a merchant vessel which came under attack in the Northern Arabian Sea has been hijacked by pirates. The vessel, allegedly a Liberian-flagged tanker, came under attack in position 15.58N0061.03E, approximately […]