(AP)  Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second
time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged
ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.  Source

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• Maersk Alabama Defend 2nd Pirate attack with Guns

    Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

• 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

• French Navy Busy Five Somali pirates

     Five Somali pirates were captured after they mistook a French naval ship for a cargo vessel. The pirates were repelled in a night attack on the French refueling vessel La Somme, which is serving as the command ship for French forces in the Indian Ocean. In the dark, the pirates apparently

• Pirates adjust the security on the high seas

    Anti-piracy measures off the coast of Somalia appear to be forcing pirates to extend their range to strike deep into the Indian Ocean, shifting the menace even further from the protection of international naval forces. Gunmen on Monday launched their longest-range hijack attempt yet by opening fire on a big

• Lithuanian boat crew hostage in Nigeria

     Five Lithuania crew members have been taken hostage from a cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, the Baltic state’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said in a statement that according to available information none of the crew of the Lithuanian-flagged refrigerator vessel Saturnas had been injured in the attack

• Pirate attacks against ships dodging in the Indian Ocean

     (marinelink)  On the early morning of 10 November 2009 some 1000 nautical miles east from Mogadishu, Somalia, pirates attacked MV Nele Maersk, a Danish flagged Container ship. The attack took place not far from the area crude oil tanker BW Lion was attacked

• Pirates thwarted twice in the Indian Ocean: EU

    A US cargo ship and a Dutch tanker were attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean but managed to fend off their aggressors, the European Union’s Atalanta anti-piracy mission said Tuesday. The two incidents happened within hours of each other on Tuesday some 360 nautical miles (670 kilometres) off the

• Somali pirates attack ships in the Indian Ocean

    Somali pirates on Thursday seized a Singapore-flagged container ship in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles, maritime sources told AFP. “The Singapore flagged and owned boxship Kota Wajar was seized around 300 nautical miles north the Seychelles,” said Andrew Mwangura, who heads the Kenyan chapter of East African Seafarers Assistance

• Ethiopian-flagged ship Pirate attack foiled

    An Ethiopian-flagged vessel fought off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week, the multi-national anti-piracy task force said Thursday. The MV Andinet, part of the Ethiopian Shipping Line, was approached by two pirate skiffs Monday, with one of them coming close enough to fire automatic weapons

• Vessels must ready to fight pirates

    There is an ongoing debate in maritime circles about the best way to guard against the troublesome Somali pirates off the eastern coast of Africa. Should ships carry armed guards or should they rely on the current practice of states and navies providing for security on the high seas?

• Pirates beat Navy

    A group of Somali pirates has been captured after attacking a French navy ship by mistake, apparently thinking it was a harmless cargo vessel. French military spokesman Admiral Christophe Prazuck said the pirates attacked in skiffs late at night some 500km (310 miles) off the Somali coast. But the command and supply ship,

• Navy foils pirate attack on tankers in the Gulf of Aden

    The Indian Navy on Monday prevented a pirate attack on a US-owned tanker in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia’s coast. A Navy spokesperson here confirmed the attack on a private tanker that was flying a Norway flag

• EU fleet arrests 13 pirates from Oman

    The crew of a Dutch warship has arrested 13 suspected pirates following an attack by fast boats on a cargo vessel in waters south of Oman, the EU naval mission said in a statement Thursday. “In total there were thirteen pirates and two of the original crew on board

• Draco Bulker Ukrainians on board, towed to Piraeus

    The Draco, a Maltese-flagged bulk cargo ship with Ukrainians aboard, which lost control of its steering near Greece, was towed to the Greek port of Piraeus onMarch 16evening, the Sovfracht maritime bulletin Web site reported.

• Pirates take Greek ship towards the coast of Somalia

    A Greek cargo ship hijacked this week was being taken toward the Somali coast, but its crew members were unharmed, the ship’s operating company said on Saturday. “The master of the vessel has reported that the crew are unharmed and the vessel is sailing towards the Somali coast,” Athens-based Meadway