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Somali pirates launch longest-range attack: EU Brussels (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 
Somali pirates have launched their deepest attack into the Indian Ocean, firing rocket propelled grenades at a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker, the European Union anti-piracy mission said Monday. The tanker, the BW Lion, managed to escape the attackers and suffered no casualties during the incident Monday, some 400 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles and 1,000 nautical miles east of the ... read moreChina hosts meeting on Somalia piracy 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 6, 2009China on Friday opened a two-day international conference on efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden from Somali pirates, the defence ministry said. The meeting would be attended by representatives from "Russia, Japan, India, the European Union, and other countries' marine forces, including NATO," it said in a fax to AFP. "The main topic of discussion will be the implementation ... more
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Two killed in high seas shootout off Somalia: officials
Mogadishu (AFP) Nov 1, 2009Two sailors were killed in an exchange of fire off the northeast coast of Somalia on Sunday, after apparently trying to attack a Norwegian warship, Somali officials and an EU naval commander said. Three others were injured in the incident at around 1:00 am (2200 GMT Saturday) when fishing boats were stopped and checked at sea as part of efforts to combat piracy in the region, Somali officia ... more Norwegian warship in sea-battle off Somali coast: EU
Brussels (AFP) Nov 1, 2009A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander said. The Norwegian sailors, cruising just off the north-eastern Somali coast, were fired upon in the dead of night by a dhow with between five and seven men on board and armed with heavy weaponry and Ka ... more China to send fresh anti-piracy navy convoy: state media
Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2009China will deploy a fresh naval convoy to the Gulf of Aden to protect vessels from Somali pirates, state media said Thursday, just 10 days after a Chinese cargo ship was hijacked by armed bandits. The flotilla setting sail Friday will consist of two missile frigates tasked with replacing two other Chinese frigates currently patrolling pirate-ridden shipping lanes in the gulf, the official ... more Arctic Sea freighter free of radioactivity: Malta 
Valletta (AFP) Oct 29, 2009Arctic Sea, the cargo ship at the centre of an international piracy mystery, is free of radioactive materials and has been cleared to enter Malta's main harbour, Maltese authorities said Thursday. "We gave them the go-ahead to enter the Grand Harbour" of the capital Valletta, a Maltese army spokesman told AFP after an inspection lasting several hours some 14 nautical miles off the coast of ... more |
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Hijacked Chinese ship has plenty of fuel, food: reports
Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2009The Chinese cargo ship hijacked in the Indian Ocean this week has enough fuel for a month and plenty of food and water to meet the needs of the 25 crew being held hostage, state media said Thursday. China's navy has convened an emergency meeting on the hijacking of the "De Xin Hai" but no orders have been issued to dispatch rescue ships on patrol near the Gulf of Aden to the stricken vessel ... more China vows 'all-out efforts' to rescue hijacked ship
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2009China vowed "all-out efforts" Tuesday to rescue a Chinese cargo ship hijacked in the Indian Ocean with 25 crew aboard, bringing to six the number of vessels currently in the hands of Somali pirates. This is the second time that a Chinese ship has been captured by marauding sea bandits in the area, after a fishing boat and its 24-member crew were held hostage for three months before being ... more Chinese ship seized as Somali piracy drifts East
Nairobi (AFP) Oct 19, 2009Somali pirates hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier Monday northeast of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, as the marauding sea bandits hunted their prey ever further from base to wrong-foot naval patrols. According to the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission (EU NAVFOR), the unnamed ship was seized 550 nautical miles (1,000 kilometres) northeast of the Seychelles and 700 nautical miles of ... more Spain offers more security for fishermen after pirate attack
Madrid (AFP) Oct 15, 2009Spain's socialist government Thursday offered to step up security measures for fishing trawlers faced with the threat of piracy, but again refused to allow troops on board the boats. During a meeting in Madrid, the defence ministry proposed several measures to trawler owners and fishermen's unions, such as training private guards and transporting these guards to the Indian Ocean, a spokesman ... more |
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