(BBC) Russia says it has found a missing cargo vessel near the Cape Verde islands and retrieved its Russian crew.  Defence
Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said that the 15-member crew had been taken
on board a Russian navy vessel. They were in good condition, he said.  Source

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• Cargo ship \ u0026quot; was hijacked by pirates \ u0026quot;

    A Russian-crewed cargo ship that went missing for more than two weeks was hijacked by pirates, Russia’s defense minister said Tuesday. “The hijackers boarded the Arctic Sea, threatened the crew with weapons and demanded that their orders be followed,” Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told President Dmitry Medvedev, according to the

• Ship kept quiet to protect the crew abducted

     (AP)  For more than two weeks, the freighter Arctic Sea seemed to have vanished in the Atlantic Ocean’s vastness, but officials said Tuesday they knew where it was all along and were just staying mum in order to bring a dangerous hijacking drama to a bloodless end.  A Russian naval vessel reached

• Russia using satellites, the Navy search for missing freighter

    Russia is using “all means of detection,” including satellites and naval vessels, to find a Maltese-flagged freighter that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean after being attacked in Swedish waters. The Russian coast guard ship Ladny is leading the search effort, which also involves navy ships located in the Atlantic, the Defense

• Taiwan attacked by Somali pirates hijacked another ship 1

    Somali pirates attacked one Taiwanese fishing vessel, injuring one Indonesian crew member, and took control of another, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. The pirates chased the Jui Man Fa and fired shots at the vessel, hitting one man in the leg, late Wednesday evening, MOFA said.

• Russian warships in the search for missing cargo ship

    Russian warships have joined the search for a cargo ship with a Russian crew which went missing two weeks ago off the coast of Portugal, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Wednesday. The Maltese-flagged bulk carrier, Arctic Sea, failed to arrive at the Algerian port of Bejaia on August 4 as planned

• Two crew members rescued dismasted yacht

     (yachtingmonthly) Two crew members have been taken off the yacht California which was dismasted in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race on the leg from Qingdao, China to San Francisco, USA, the 180-meter Danish registered tanker, Nord Nightingale, arrived to transfer injured crew member Clive Cockram on

• Russia Detains Eight in hijacking the vessel Arctic Sea

    Russia’s navy detained eight suspected hijackers of the Maltese-flagged freighter Arctic Sea after a 25-day odyssey that ended in the Cape Verde islands off west Africa, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said. The eight hijackers are citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Russia, Serdyukov told President Dmitry Medvedev today in comments published on the Kremlin’s

• Finnish ship operator \ u0026quot; very concerned \ u0026quot; crew on the Arctic Sea

    The Finnish company that operates the Arctic Sea, the Maltese-flagged freighter that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean, is “very worried” about the fate of the 15 Russian sailors on board. “So far I have no news on the vessel,” Viktor Matveyev, managing director of Oy Solchart Management AB, said by telephone

• Hijackers of the ship Arctic Sea Requested $ 1.5 million from insurer

    The hijackers of the Arctic Sea, the freighter found this week by Russia’s navy, demanded a ransom of $1.5 million from the ship’s insurer and threatened to shoot the crew and sink the vessel, the insurer said.  Renaissance Insurance received a call on Aug. 3 from a person speaking English and

• Russia Questions crew and ship hijacking suspects in the disappearance

     (nytimes)  Most of the crew from a cargo ship that vanished three weeks ago were brought to Moscow on Thursday for further questioning by Russian investigators, as were the eight men suspected of hijacking it, Russian officials said.  Source