(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 fired automatic weapons
on MV Nele Maersk but she could outrun the pirates with a high speed.
No casualties were reported.  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.

• Pirates attack ship captain RI

     (turntoten)  The EU’s anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring.  Source

• Maersk Alabama 2nd encounter Pirate attack with guns

       (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

• Pirates held after the attack on French fishing boat: EU

    European Union warships have captured seven suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia after two fast boats attacked a French fishing vessel, the EU’s naval force said Wednesday. Soldiers aboard the fishing vessel fired on the pirates after they attacked it some 350 nautical miles east of Mogadishu Tuesday, said

• Russian tanker attacked by Somali pirates

    A Russian tanker is still another one to be attacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Internet maritime bulletin reported on Wednesday, citing the information, received from one of the bulletin readers. According to the data available, the Prisco Alexandra vessel belonging to the “Primorye Sea Shipping Company”

• Seized Tanker captain dies, Alabama, attacked again

    The captain of a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker hijacked this week has died from gunshot wounds sustained when the ship was attacked, a Somali pirate said on Wednesday. The was a pause in hijackings during monsoon rains, but the Somali sea gangs have stepped up attacks in the past two

• Pirates raid Escalate in Indian Ocean Shipping

    Recent developments in the behaviour of Somali pirates who prey upon shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean has made the prospects for ocean freight that moves within the region even more hazardous. On Monday the Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker, the BW Lion, was attacked almost 1,000 miles

• Pirates Attack Tanker NC Stream from Guinea coast

    Tanker NS Stream owned by Novoship JSC was attacked by pirates off the coast of Guinea on Saturday night, the shipping company reports. According to captain NS Stream, the incident occurred when the vessel was 60 miles offshore the port of Conakry.

• U.S. warns sailors against pirates after Maersk Alabama is attacked again

    US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today reminded mariners about the importance of taking necessary precautions and implementing best practices in the wake of recent attacks on the Harriett and Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia. “These ships’ successful defence… Read at US warns seafarers against pirate attacks after Maersk Alabama

• Pirates Extend for attacks, target oil tankers from the Gulf

    Somali pirates have begun to target oil tankers from the Gulf states and have increased the range for attacks to the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and in the Indian Ocean. The International Maritime Bureau has reported that Somali pirates were seeking to capture oil tankers from the Persian Gulf

• Dutch Capture 13 Somali pirates, free 2 Tanzanians

    The Dutch navy has captured 13 Somali pirates and freed two Tanzanian fishermen after seizing a pirate vessel that had attacked a German cargo ship off the coast of Oman, the Dutch Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

• France seizes Somali u0026quot 35

    The French navy has captured 35 piracy suspects off Somalia’s coast – hailing it as the most successful mission since EU operations began in 2008. French officials said four mother ships and six smaller boats had been seized in four operations since last Friday. EU forces used helicopters and fired

• M / V Maersk Alabama Deploys LRAD (R) successfully deter pirate attack off the coast of Somalia

    American Technology Corporation (ATC) (NASDAQ: ATCO), the innovator and distributor of the Long Range Acoustic Device(TM) (LRAD?) product line, announced today that the M/V Maersk Alabama deployed its complement of LRAD-X? acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) in concert with other defensive measures to successfully deter a pirate attack off the northeast

• Very Special Protection Pirate Revealed

    For nearly two years now, the Yemen Navy has had an arrangement with a British security company, to provide paid (up to $55,000) escorts for ships traversing the pirate infested Gulf of Aden. This is one the busiest shipping lanes in the world (with nearly ten percent of all traffic).

• 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