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France, US to submit UN draft to combat Somalia piracy United Nations (AFP) April 28, 2008 
A Franco-US draft text was to go before the UN Security Council Monday authorizing states to send warships into Somalia's territorial waters to combat piracy, diplomats said. The text would give a six-month mandate to states cooperating with Somalia's transitional government "to enter the territorial waters of Somalia for the purposes of identifying and pursuing pirates and armed robbers and ... read more |
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Madrid (AFP) April 26, 2008A Spanish warship has arrived in waters where pirates are holding a Basque-owned trawler and its 26-member crew, Spain's government said Saturday. "The frigate Mendez Nunez is in the area" where the fishing boat Playa de Bakio is situated, a government source said, without revealing its precise location. A Spanish surveillance plane has also been sent to the French military base in ... more Three killed in French attack on Somali pirates: local officials 
Mogadishu (AFP) April 11, 2008Three people were killed Friday during an operation against pirates by French armed forces in Somalia shortly after hostages on a luxury boat were freed, local officials told AFP. The thirty hostages, most of them French, had been held on board the "Le Ponant" yacht since it was seized in the Gulf of Aden on Friday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office flatly rejected that its ... more US naval leaders seeking to expand African sea police 
Dakar (AFP) April 10, 2008Western and African naval leaders have laid plans to expand a multi-national programme to protect and police Africa's coast and maritime resources, during a symposium held in Senegal's capital Dakar. "We are trying to get more European allies involved in the Africa Partnership Station (APS), in its staff, by providing ships or training teams. We want to internationalise this initiative," ... more Peace does not pay for restless Sudanese militia 
Raga, Sudan (AFP) March 11, 2008Cradling a chubby child in her arms, a woman guerrilla who fought southern rebels for the Sudanese government is unrepentant: a pension from Khartoum or renewed war against her old foes. "We will never surrender our guns to Khartoum unless it compensates us and if the SPLA tries to disarm us (by force) we will fight them," says Khawala Abdullah Ramadhan, a member of the Fursan militia. ... more Somali pirates release Comoran freighter: US Navy
Nairobi (AFP) Dec 2, 2007Somali pirates on Sunday released a Comoran-flagged cargo vessel that was captured off the country's coast in October, the US Navy said. The MV Al Marjan, with 22 mostly Asian crew members on board, was seized on October 19 as it sailed to Mogadishu port from the United Arab Emirates port of Dubai. "The ship was released a couple of hours ago off the coast of Central Somalia," Commander ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Nov 4, 2007A group of 24 Asian sailors held hostage by pirates in Somalia for more than five months was freed Sunday off the Somali coast and has left for Yemen, the South Korean foreign ministry said. The two South Korean-owned fishing boats were hijacked on May 15. The Mavuno 1 and Mavuno 2 were manned by four South Koreans, 10 Chinese, four Indonesians, three Vietnamese and three Indians. The sa ... more US navy ship heads to Africa to help boost maritime security
Madrid (AFP) Oct 29, 2007A US Navy ship will depart Spain on Tuesday for a seven-month deployment to central and west Africa designed to help nations around the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea beef up maritime security, officials said. The amphibious ship USS Fort McHenry will provide training to officials on how to fight crime ranging from unlawful fishing to human and drug trafficking. It will be joined later by anoth ... more British navy seizes drugs on Venezuelan vessel 
London (AFP) Oct 27, 2007A British Royal Navy warship has seized three tonnes of cocaine in a raid on a Venezuelan fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean, the navy said Saturday. HMS Portland was on routine patrol Friday in the north of the ocean when crew members spotted a suspicious-looking vessel and dispatched a helicopter to inspect it more closely. As the helicopter approached, crew members allegedly threw pac ... more ERS-2 Data Vital For Maritime Security 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Data from ERS-2, ESA's veteran spacecraft, is experiencing an increasing demand as the 12-year-old mission's products and services are playing a vital role in the initial activities for Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, such as the MARitime Security Service project which addresses the European concern of illegal marine trafficking. The MARitime Security Service (MARISS) is a ... more US in ship security deal with landlocked and navy-less Mongolia 
Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2007The United States signed a pact Tuesday with Mongolia, which is landlocked, to carry out high-seas interceptions of ships suspected to be ferrying weapons of mass destruction. The US government said its eighth bilateral Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) would boost its campaign to intercept any oceanic trafficking in nuclear, chemical and biological arms by rogue states or extremists. ... more |
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Langkawi (AFP) Feb 04, 2007The alert crackles over walkie-talkies -- a cargo ship has been attacked by pirates, crew members have been taken hostage and two others are drifting at sea in a lifeboat. In calm seas and under clear blue skies, marine security forces from Japan, Malaysia and Thailand swing into action, launching a dramatic rescue operation involving patrol boats and helicopters. Only this time, it's an e ... more Suitcase In 1,000 Mile Round-Trip Back To British Beach 
London (AFP) Jan 27, 2007A British woman who shipped her boyfriend's suitcase to him in South Africa was shocked to find his belongings had turned up on a beach two miles from her home after a cargo ship was grounded nearby, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday. Marilyne Simony's boyfriend, Kobus Pretorius, moved back to Pretoria after his visa expired and she paid 140 pounds (212 euros, 274 dollars) for his books, clo ... more Salvagers Set To Lift Containers From Stricken Ship 
London (AFP) Jan 25, 2007Barge crews will start at the weekend to remove more than 2,000 containers from the stricken cargo vessel MSC Napoli which is grounded off the south coast of England, the ship's managers said Thursday. Two giant barges, one from the Dutch port of Rotterdam and the other from Rouen in France, were heading across the Channel to carry out the operation, said Zodiac Maritime Agencies of London. ... more Clampdown On Looters As Oil Pumped From Shipwreck
Branscombe (AFP) Jan 23, 2007Salvage experts began pumping oil from a stricken ship off the English coast Tuesday, as police clamped down on scavengers seizing goods washed up from the wreck, officials said. The operation got underway after authorities ordered the closure of a beach to prevent looters from making off with more bounty, after millions of pounds (euros/dollars) worth of goods was seized in a day of chaos on Mo ... more Stricken British Freighter Draws Treasure Hunters 
Branscombe, England (AFP) Jan 22, 2007Salvage experts worked to prevent an oil leak disaster on a grounded British cargo ship Monday, as scavengers made off with goods ranging from BMW motorbikes to nappies washed ashore. Locals and others from further afield grabbed what they could from containers which had drifted on to the beach at Branscombe on the southwest English coast, after the MSC Napoli was run aground here at the weekend ... more
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