Posts Tagged ‘Somali Basin’
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Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168 free
The Taiwanese fishing vessel FENG GUO that had been reported by her owner as being pirated on 7 October 2010 is confirmed to be free from pirates this afternoon. The false report had been sent after the owner having been without contact with the ship for two days. EU NAVFOR welcomes this...
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Fishing vessel FENG GUO NO.168 pirated in the Somali Basin
On 8 October 2010, the Taiwanese fishing vessel FENG GUO was confirmed pirated 250 nautical miles from Antisiranana, Madagascar. This is the most southerly vessel to be pirated since the operation began. The FENG GUO departed from Port Louis, Mauritius on 1 October 2010 and has been confirmed pirated by her owner....
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MV ASPHALT VENTURE pirated in Somali Basin
The Panama-flagged MV ASPHALT VENTURE is confirmed to be pirated in the Somali Basin, approximately 100 nautical miles South-East of Dar es Salaam in the Somali Basin. The pirating of the vessel became clear in early afternoon of 29 September. The vessel had made a sudden, unplanned deviation to its course to...
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MV LUGELA pirated in the Somali Basin
In the early hours of 25 September, the Panama flagged MV LUGELA sent a distress alert to its Greek operator. The vessel was in the Somali Basin, approximately 900 nautical miles East of Eyl, Somalia. A short while later, the vessel altered course to sail towards the Somali coast. There has been...
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EU NAVFOR French warship destroys Pirate mother ship
On the afternoon of 29 April, the EU NAVFOR warship Nivose found, stopped and searched a mother ship and two supporting skiffs, some 480 nautical miles east of the Somali Coast. The vessels were boarded and searched and they were found to have disposed of pirate paraphernalia. The 11 Somali crew of...
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EU NAVFOR French warship NIVÔSE and Maritime Patrol aircraft continue to intercept and disrupt Pirate Action Groups
EU NAVFOR has continued activities designed to disrupt and destroy Pirate Action Groups (PAGs) with combined sea and air operations in the Somali Basin. On 4 April, the Swedish Maritime Patrol Aircraft located two suspect ships 270 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, composed of one mother ship and one attack skiff. EUNAVFOR...
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Pirated German ship rescued – EU NAVFOR HNLMS Tromp retakes pirated MV Taipan
MV Taipan, a German flagged and owned container ship of deadweight of 12612 tonnes, was on route to Mombasa from Djibouti when pirates attacked and took control of the ship. On the morning of the 5 April, 500 nautical miles east off the Somali coast, a Pirate Attack Group (PAG) attacked and got...
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Pirates hijack Samho Dream off the Somali coast
The Marshal Islands flagged, crude oil tanker Samho Dream, was hijacked by pirates approximately 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast in the early hours of 4 April and is now been taken to the Somali coast by pirates. The Samho Dream, South Korean owned and operated with a deadweight of 319360, has...
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EU NAVFOR Swedish Patrol Aircraft locates UAE MV EVITA after failed pirate attack
In the early hours of 31 March the MV EVITA, a Sierra Leoone flagged production tanker of 9897 deadwieght tonnes (and owned by UAE), was attacked approximately 350 nautical miles north of the Seychelles, by a Pirate Action Group (PAG) consisting of 3 attack skiffs. The PAG fired on the EVITA but...
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EU NAVFOR Dutch warship Tromp disrupts more Pirate Action Groups
Continuing success by EU NAVFOR over the last 24 hours by Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) and EU NAVFOR HNLMS Tromp, has led to the detention of 10 suspected pirates and the destruction of a Pirate Action Groups (PAG). On 28th Mar, the EU NAVFOR Swedish Maritime Patrol aircraft (MPA) located a PAG almost...