Archive for May, 2009
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Incident in Gulf of Aden Transit Corridor
At 0758 UTC on May 28th 2009 inside the Gulf of Aden, a reported pirate attack occurred against a Norwegian owned bulk carrier sailing under Liberian flag. The ship put out a call on its VHF radio. It is believed that a nearby Indian warship that was escorting Indian national merchant vessels...
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EU NAVFOR Swedish warship HSwMS MALMOE captures 7 suspected pirates
Early this morning, suspected pirates attacked a Greek Bulk Carrier in the Gulf of Aden. The pirates fired upon the ship with small arms and RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade). A distress call was picked up by the EU NAVFOR Swedish warship HSwMS MALMOE which immediately proceeded to the area. HSwMS MALMOE made...
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EU NAVFOR warship MAESTRALE (IT) captures suspected pirates
Early this morning, suspected pirates attacked two different merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden. A distress call was picked up by the Italian EU NAVFOR warship, MAESTRALE, which immediately sent a helicopter to the area. The first ship attacked was a Greek-owned vessel, which was fired upon with RPG (Rocket Propelled...
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No evidence for security issues
A number of recent press articles have contained allegations that piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali Basin are being coordinated by “well-placed advisers” in London. The articles also alleged that these advisers were able to provide such a coordination service given their access to a “European Military intelligence...
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Pirates fended off
A 115.000 tons UAE tanker, flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, this morning was attacked by probable Somali pirates in the Eastern part of the Gulf of Aden. One skiff with 6 attackers onboard approached the vessel several times and fired with small arms and rocket propelled grenades. For more than...
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EU NAVFOR reinforced by Swedish assets
Since yesterday afternoon, 15 May 2009, the EU Naval Force Atalanta has been reinforced by 3 new assets from Sweden. The 2 corvettes, HSwMS STOCKHOLM and HSwMS MALMOE, and their tender (supply unit) HSwMS TROSSOE, were transported from Sweden mid-April on the back of a dock ship and arrived in Djibouti 3...
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Another 14 suspected pirates to Kenya
For some days 14 suspected pirates have been held detained onboard the Spanish Atalanta unit ESPS MARQUES DE LA ENSENADA. Kenya has now formally agreed to take over these suspects for prosecution, based on the agreement between Kenya and the EU, which now will be used already the fifth time. The Spanish...
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Small Dutch cargo ship hijacked in the Gulf of Aden
This morning at 09:00hrs local time a small Dutch cargo vessel of 2500 tons was hijacked probably by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden while sailing westbound in the transit corridor. The vessel, with eight crew onboard and a cargo of coke, has now altered course towards Somalia. The crew is...
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German bulk carrier hijacked in the Gulf of Aden
A German owned and German managed bulk carrier this afternoon was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden in a position approximately 120 nautical miles north of Boosaaso in Somalia. The vessel, carrying a load of 10.000 tons of rice, was sailing in the transit corridor and was picked out of a group...
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Eleven suspected pirates captured by Atalanta
The French frigate FS NIVOSE, part of the European Union Naval Force Atalanta, for the second time was able to stop a suspected pirate’s mother ship plus two skiffs and arrest 11 suspected pirates, after the group of boats previously had been detected by a Spanish Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, also...