(voanews) The International Maritime Bureau in London reports piracy incidents on
the high seas increased nearly 40 percent in 2009 from a year ago. 
Pirate activities off the coast of Somalia accounted for more than half
of all attacks worldwide.  Source

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• Pirate Attacks on the Rise off Somalia

     (marinelink) Pirate activity has increased recently off the coast of Somalia with four attempted attacks occurring on motor vessels in the Gulf of Aden since Sept. 19.   Source

• 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

• Philippines offers training for Somali Coast Guard

    The Philippine president offered her country’s help in training the Somali coast guard, saying Tuesday she fears another surge in pirate attacks off Somalia that have targeted ships with hundreds of Filipino crew. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who was attending the African Union summit in Libya, expressed fear that pirate attacks

• EU NAVFOR destroyed French warship Pirate mother ship

    On the afternoon of 29 April, the EU NAVFOR warship Nivose found, stopped and searched a mother skiff and two supporting skiffs, some 480 nautical miles east of the Somali Coast.

• Loaded: Across Pirate Freighter Ready to Shoot Bow

     (wsj) Freighters that ferry goods in the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somalia have a new and unusual cargo: armed guards.  Source

• 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

• Cheaper piracy patrols Somalia Needed, U.S. Official Says

    The U.S. says it wants to find cheaper options to battle pirates off the coast of Somalia, as an international naval force has pushed the seaborne brigands from the 1 million square miles of the Gulf of Aden into an area twice that size in the Indian Ocean. “The locus

• EU welcomes the support of China against Somalia piracy

    China’s participation in an international naval operation to protect ships from pirates off the coast of Somalia should help improve maritime security in the Horn of Africa, an EU naval commander said.China said late last year it would co-lead an international task force fighting piracy in the waters around

• Somali pirates release Greek ship

    Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned ship hijacked five months ago and freed its 21 Filipino crew members, officials and pirates have said. “The MV Irene is free. All 21 crew are safe and sound,” maritime official Andrew Mwangura told AFP news agency. Reuters news agency cited a pirate as

• Accompanied Russian warships freighter to safety from Somalia

    A Russian warship has escorted a commercial ship in distress through the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Somali, a Navy spokesman said on Thursday.