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Two killed in high seas shootout off Somalia: officials Mogadishu (AFP) Nov 1, 2009 
Two 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 ... read moreNorwegian 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
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China to send fresh anti-piracy navy convoy: state media
Beijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2009 China 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 Seven pirates held after attack on French fishing boat: EU
Brussels (AFP) Oct 28, 2009European Union warships have captured seven suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia after two fast boats attacked a French fishing vessel, the EU's naval force said Wednesday. Soldiers aboard the fishing vessel fired on the pirates after they attacked it some 350 nautical miles east of Mogadishu Tuesday, said a statement. A German warship was despatched to the scene, while a ... more Japan may refuel anti-piracy ships off Somalia: minister 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 27, 2009Japan may send a naval refuelling mission now backing the NATO-led Afghan campaign to support anti-piracy efforts off Somalia next year, the defence minister said Tuesday. Japan has since 2001 deployed a refuelling ship and an escorting warship in the Indian Ocean to aid the coalition fighting in Afghanistan, but a new centre-left government has said it will end the mission in January. ... more |
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Chinese ship seized as Somali piracy drifts East
Nairobi (AFP) Oct 19, 2009 Somali 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 French marines repel new pirate attack on trawlers
Nairobi, France (AFP) Oct 13, 2009French marines on board two tuna trawlers in the Indian Ocean opened fire to repel a dawn pirate attack on Tuesday, the second such incident in a week, the ships' owner said. Shipping firm Saupiquet said marines fired warning shots at two pirate skiffs pursuing the trawlers, Via Avenir and Via Mistral, travelling together some 500 nautical miles (900 kilometres) from the Somali coast. ... more French navy hands over Somali pirates to Puntland 
Paris (AFP) Oct 12, 2009France's navy Monday handed over five Somali pirates, accused of attacking La Somme flagship in the Indian Ocean six days ago, to officials in Somalia's Puntland region, a French naval spokesman said. "The five pirates were released this afternoon from La Somme to Puntland authorities, close to the port of Bossaso," Admiral Christophe Prazuck told AFP. Somali pirates tried to attacked ... more |
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