(AP) Somali pirates seized a Chinese cargo ship Monday with 25 people
onboard, a naval spokesman for the European Union’s anti-piracy force
said, in the first successful attack on a Chinese vessel since the
country deployed three naval warships to the region.  Source

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• 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

• Piracy in \ u0026 # 39, 09 double-IMB

    Piracy attacks off the Somali coast are set to double this year as lucrative ransoms and difficulties policing vast swathes of ocean lure increasing numbers of pirates onto the seas, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday. The Kuala Lumpur-based centre said there have been 200 attacks off the

• 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 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

• 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

• Russian ships to return home after anti-piracy mission to Somalia

    A Russian Pacific Fleet task force returned on Monday to its base in Vladivostok after completing an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.

• China s anti-piracy role extends from Somalia

    China has agreed to join an international naval operation to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. China has been focusing on protecting its own shipping in the area, but it will now join the naval forces of the US, Nato and the European Union. This grouping, the Shared Awareness

• 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

• High seas to stop all pirate attacks: Admiral

    International naval forces will never be able to completely secure the vast area of ocean where Somali pirates are hijacking ships off East Africa, said the commander of the EU Naval Force’s counter-piracy efforts. In the latest attack, pirates captured the Greek- flagged tanker Maran Centaurus while it was carrying

• Turkish command capture 7-Somali pirates

     Turkish navy soldiers on a NATO mission to combat piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden have reportedly captured seven pirates who were ready to attack a ship. According to a report published by the daily Hurriyet, the frigate TCG Gediz intercepted and seized a boat off Somalia’s coast on Friday in

• EU: Somali pirates hijack the North Korean freighter

    Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean cargo ship on Wednesday with an unknown number of crew on board, the European Union Naval Force said. The MV Rim was seized in the Gulf of Aden, outside the internationally recommended transit corridor patrolled by the anti-piracy naval coalition, said Cmdr

• Somali pirates release cargo ship with 26 crew

     (AP) The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have freed a Panama-flagged cargo ship and its crew of 26 after a ransom was paid.  Source

• Shipowners to avoid Nigerias ports against attacks

    Ship owners and chartered vessel operators are no longer willing to allow their vessels to call at any of the? Nigerian ports for fear of attack by pirates. It was learnt that the few ones that called do so at very high freights. The Secretary of the Lagos Pilotage District

• 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

• Somali Pirates Seize Tanker with North Korea Crew

    Pirates seized Monday a chemical tanker in the south Somali Basin with 28 North Koreans aboard, reports quoting European Union’s naval force said. MV Theresa VIII, a Virgin Islands-owned tanker operated from Singapore, was hijacked in the south Somali Basin, 180 nautical miles north-west of Seychelles.