(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The Navy managed to save a merchant ship from the pirates, who fled after the shootout. No casualties were reported. On Feb. 26 Iranian fleet of warships thwarted a pirate attack on Iranian oil tanker North of a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. The Oil tanker […]
Fareed Rahman DUBAI // Politicians in India are pressuring their government to intervene on behalf of crewmen of the hijacked MT Royal Grace. The Dubai-registered chemical tanker was captured by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman this month after setting sail from Sharjah. The crew of 22 consists of 17 Indians, three Nigerians, a […]
Published on March 19, 2012 by jo.chuter · No Comments Three shotguns and ammunition have been seized from the crew of an an oil tanker which docked in Milford Haven. Officers from the Border Force boarded the Panamanian-registered ship for a routine search. Members of the Chinese and South Korean crew told them the weapons […]
Mumbai: Following the incident of Italian marines onboard an oil tanker shooting dead two local fishermen off Kerala coast, the Directorate General of Shipping here has issued a notice, saying that merchant vessels should report the presence of armed guards to the Navy or the Coast Guard. “All merchant ships are advised to report the […]
Published on March 12, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments According to Iran’s Press TV, a tanker sailing from Iran’s Khark Island to the Suez Canal was attacked twice before an Iranian naval patrol forced the pirate boats to flee from the area. Iranian Navy saves tanker from pirate attack The Islamic Republic of […]
[NMS Note: The following is an extract from Somalia Report’s Weekly Piracy Update] By Venetia Archer It was revealed this week that unarmed security personnel were on board the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier MV FREE GODDESS when it was hijacked on February 7 this year. Pirates hijacked the bulker while underway in position 16:03 north […]
The IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre carries details of an attempted hijacking yesterday in the Gulf of Guinea. The report states that a chemical tanker underway in position 04.12.5N-006.54.6E at 1030 UTC, when seven heavily armed robbers approached them in a speed boat. The tanker raised the alarm, increased its speed and set course away from […]
Published on March 7, 2012 by jo.chuter · No Comments An oil tanker in Sicily has been seized by a group of angry Italian shipworkers who have lost their jobs and who call themselves the “Pirates of Trapani”. The vessel is owned by Italy’s UniCredit Leasing and was taken while it was undergoing construction work […]
SUSHIL KUMAR No matter how one looks at the recent Enrica Lexie incident, the rogue action of the Italian tanker in Indian waters is reminiscent of the Columbian age of maritime arrogance. With Indian nationals having been killed at sea by Italian navy marines, Indian authorities now have a major responsibility on their hands to bring the […]
An attempt by pirates to hijack an Iranian oil tanker North of a strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden was foiled due to the timely action by the Iranian fleet of warships present in the region, FNA reported. The Iranian oil tanker came under attack by 6 Somali pirate speedboats 35 […]