(AP) Yemen’s coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian
cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the Arabian
peninsula and the Horn of Africa.  Source

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• CMA CGM Piracy Increases Risk Surcharge

    CMA CGM will increase its piracy risk surcharge for transporting containers through the Gulf of Aden next month, the French carrier said Tuesday.

• 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

• NATOs Counter-piracy expanded mandate

     (marinelink) NATO’s contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa and in the Gulf of Aden entered a new phase on 17 August after the North Atlantic Council (NAC) approved Operation Ocean Shield.  Source

• Arming of merchant ships, which carried out not to be taken lightly

    The EU Maritime Security Centre â?? Horn of Africa (MSC-HOA) stated last week that a warship operating as part of the EU NAVFOR investigated a suspected pirate skiff with a crew of five in the Gulf of Aden. Read at Arming of merchant vessels not to be undertaken lightly

• Yemen Marine charges $ 60,000 for safe passage in the waters of pirates

    YEMEN’S navy is charging commercial vessels up to $US55,000 ($60,800) each to guarantee transit through the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden under a deal that has reaped about $US30 million over 18 months. The hiring of Yemeni military came as al-Qa’ida flourishes in the Arabian Peninsula nation, and

• Russian destroyer enters anti-piracy mission to Somalia

    A Russian naval task force from the Northern Fleet led by the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer resumed on Monday Russia’s an anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa, the Navy said. “The task force consisting of the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer and a support ship has arrived in the Gulf of Aden.

• Cambodian cargo ship hijacked no Pirate attack: official

    A hijacked Cambodian cargo ship is being held off Somalia’s Berbera port by businessmen owing to a deal which has gone sour and not pirate attack, a regional maritime official confirmed on Saturday. Andrew Mwangura, East Africa’s Coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Program (SAP), said the MV Layla-S which was seized

• Security Company Increases Anti-Piracy capabilities in the Gulf of Aden

    Texas-based maritime security company Espada Logistics and Security-MENA has announced that they have purchased five additional armed, fast-patrol vessels for use in the Gulf of Aden due to increased demand for their protection services to shipping caused by the growing number of pirate attacks that are occurring in the region.

• 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.

• Iran 5 Fleet to head for the Gulf of Aden

    The Iranian military has announced plans to dispatch a fifth fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. “”The fourth fleet, which included the destroyer Alborz and the Bushehr logistic support vessel, will soon reach the end of its mission in the

• 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 NAVFOR boards Suspected pirates Skiff

     (marinelink)  On the morning of 3 Oct, whilst conducting a patrol in the Gulf of Aden, EU NAVFOR Belgian warship Louise-Marie intercepted a distress call from a merchant vessel transiting in the Gulf of Aden. The merchant vessel reported a skiff, a small boat regularly used by pirates, approaching to 300 meters.  Source

• 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.

• Iran sends more warships on the Gulf of Aden

    More Iranian warships are to be sent to the Gulf of Aden, to protect the fifth-largest crude exporter’s oil tankers from pirate attacks. 
The naval units are to be sent to the waterway linking the Red and the Arabian Seas 8:00am local time (12:40 GMT), Monday, the semiofficial Iranian Students News

• Marine Too Stretched on piracy in the Indian Ocean: UK

    Ships using the Indian Ocean will not receive the same level of naval protection from pirates as those in the Gulf of Aden because military resources are tight, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said. Somali pirates have made tens of millions of dollars in ransoms by hijacking ships in the