Somali Basin

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Greek frigate HS HYDRA joins EU NAVFOR

HS HYDRA

Following passage south through the Red Sea, the HS HYDRA will join the multi-national EU NAVFOR off the Horn of Africa on 4 February 2012. HS HYDRA is a MEKO 200HN type multiple role frigate which has been in the service of the Hellenic Navy since March 1992. She has a displacement...

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Merchant vessel POLAR pirated in the Somali Basin

MV POLAR

On the morning of 30 October 2010, the MV POLAR, a Panama-flagged tanker, was pirated in the Somali Basin. The...

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Pirates fail in pirating LPGC MAIDO in the Somali Basin

LPGC MAIDO

On 26 October 2010, late afternoon, the French-flagged Liquefied Petroleum Gas Carrier (LPGC) MAIDO was reported under attack from one...

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Pirates fail in pirating MV BELUGA FORTUNE in Somali Basin

The pirates set fire to part of the superstructure and immediately abandoned the ship on 25 October

In the early hours of 24 October, the Captain of the Cargo ship BELUGA FORTUNE reported his ship was under...

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Merchant vessel YORK pirated in the Somali Basin

MV YORK

On the morning of 24 October, the MV YORK, a Singapore-flagged tanker, was confirmed pirated in the Somali Basin. The...

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EU NAVFOR Flagship FS DE GRASSE disrupts a Pirate Action Group

EU NAVFOR Flagship FS DE GRASSE disrupts a Pirate Action Group

In the early hours of 20 October, while conducting a patrol along the Somali coastline, the EU NAVFOR French Flagship...

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Yachts to avoid transits in the Horn of Africa

The International Sailing Federation expressed her will to increase yachtsmen awareness of the dangers of the area

On 19 October 2010, EU NAVFOR welcomed a delegation of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to its Operational Headquarters (Northwood...

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Pirated MV VOC DAISY released

MV VOC DAISY

Yesterday, 17 October, the Panama-flagged MV VOC DAISY was released from Garacad from under pirate control. The MV VOC DAISY,...

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Pirating of MV IZUMI in the Somali Basin

MV IZUMI

On the afternoon of 10 October, the owners of the Panama-flagged MV IZUMI reported that they had received an automatically...

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Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168 free

Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168

The Taiwanese fishing vessel FENG GUO that had been reported by her owner as being pirated on 7 October 2010...

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Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168 pirated in the Somali Basin

Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168

On 8 October 2010, the Taiwanese fishing vessel FENG GUO was confirmed pirated 250 nautical miles from Antisiranana, Madagascar. This...

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