(marinelink)  On the morning of 3 Oct, whilst conducting a patrol in the Gulf of
Aden, EU NAVFOR Belgian warship Louise-Marie intercepted a distress
call from a merchant vessel transiting in the Gulf of Aden. The
merchant vessel reported a skiff, a small boat regularly used by
pirates, approaching to 300 meters.  Source

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• EU NAVFOR Stops Suspected Pirates Again

     (marinelink)  Late afternoon of Sunday 20th of September, a Bulk Carrier reported an approach of a skiff while in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor in the Gulf of Aden. On board of the Bulk Carrier a unit of the Yemeni Navy was embarked. On sighting of these military personnel the skiff abandoned the

• Arming of merchant ships, which carried out not to be taken lightly

    The EU Maritime Security Centre â?? Horn of Africa (MSC-HOA) stated last week that a warship operating as part of the EU NAVFOR investigated a suspected pirate skiff with a crew of five in the Gulf of Aden. Read at Arming of merchant vessels not to be undertaken lightly

• Turkish frigate takes five pirates from Somalia: Army

    A Turkish frigate intercepted a skiff off Somalia and captured five pirates Tuesday on suspicion that they were preparing for attacks, the Turkish military said. The Gaziantep, operating with NATO forces in the region, seized the skiff in the Gulf of Aden with the help of a helicopter and amphibian commandos, the

• Iran draws more naval ships to fight pirates

    The Iranian navy is sending a new armada of warships to fight Somali pirates. A senior naval commander, Fariborz Qaderpanah, said Wednesday that the navy has decided to send more ships to the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian merchant containers and oil tankers from Somali pirates in the volatile

• Intervene Warships Pirate attack

    AN EU NAVFOR ship and helicopter, in cooperation with a South Korean navy helicopter from CTF 151 have responded to an emergency call from a vessels identified only as the “ Southern Cross”. An EU NAVFOR statement says the attack was successfully thwarted by the Southern Cross herself. The EU NAVFOR

• Iran 5 Fleet to head for the Gulf of Aden

    The Iranian military has announced plans to dispatch a fifth fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. “”The fourth fleet, which included the destroyer Alborz and the Bushehr logistic support vessel, will soon reach the end of its mission in the

• Australian Marine Somali pirates thwarted: officials

    An Australian warship intercepted Somali pirates stalking a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden and confiscated a cache of weapons including a grenade launcher, officials said Wednesday. Commander Ivan Ingham said officers from his ship HMAS Toowoomba boarded the pirate ship after responding to a distress call in the Gulf on

• U.S. navy rescues Tanzanian ship, pirates NABS 8

    A U.S. Navy warship prevented an attack on a Tanzanian ship and apprehended eight suspected pirates in the process, the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania said on Tuesday.

• Russian warships in the Gulf of Aden piracy at sea brought Alert

    Russian warships patrolling the Gulf of Aden have been put on the alert, a Navy representative told Itar-Tass on Friday. “The warships were put on the alert due to the intensified activity of sea pirates off the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden,” he said.

• Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia rising: U.S. Navy

    The US Navy said on Tuesday that pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have recently increased. There have been four attempted attacks on motor vessels in the Gulf of Aden since September 19, bringing the total number of piracy attacks on merchant vessels in 2009 to 146, of which 28

• Jamaica-flagged ship escapes pirates from Yemen: Fifth Fleet

    A Jamaican-flagged ship managed to deter a piracy attack off the coast of Yemen, the US navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said on Monday. A Jamaican-flagged ship managed to deter a piracy attack off the coast of Yemen, the US navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said on Monday. The Miltiades motor vessel

• NATO interfere piracy in the Somali Basin

    The NATO flagship HDMS ABSALON undertook direct action to disrupt the piracy in the Somali Basin by scuttling a pirate mother skiff, one of the large, open boats that pirates use to transport and support their attack teams to offshore hunting areas, Feb. 28.

• EU NAVFOR presumed destroyed more pirate skiffs

    EU NAVFOR units operating in the Somali Basin, between the Seychelles and the Somali coast, have discovered more suspected pirate activity. In an area close to the disruption of 5 pirate attack groups by EU NAVFOR at the weekend, EU NAVFOR German warship FGS EMDEN intercepted a suspect pirate group

• CMA CGM Piracy Increases Risk Surcharge

    CMA CGM will increase its piracy risk surcharge for transporting containers through the Gulf of Aden next month, the French carrier said Tuesday.

• Russian, Chinese Warships Escort 23-ship convoy of Somalia

    Russian and Chinese warships have completed a joint anti-piracy exercise which involved escorting a convoy of 23 merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden, a Pacific Fleet official said on Monday. The official added that nine of the 23 vessels were sailing under Russian flags. The three-day exercises, which started on