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MOGADISHU/WASHINGTON — The US Navy prepared on Friday to increase pressure on Somali pirates to give up an American ship captain held hostage in a lifeboat in a strategic part of the Indian Ocean for two days. US crew retake ship from pirates Pirates seize container ship ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2009-04-10)
A Ukrainian ship freed by Somali pirates for a reported ransom of $3.2m (£2.2m) on Thursday is preparing to leave Somali waters for Kenya. Pirates seized the Kenya-bound MV Faina, which is loaded with 33 tanks and other weapons, in September 2008 The ship needs to refuel and take on ...
Read Story at BBC News (2009-02-06)
ATHENS, Thursday Related Stories Somali pirates seize Greek tanker near Seychelles Two journalists kidnapped in Somalia freed EU pledges to work with Somalia over piracy The owners of a Greek ship held by Somali pirates for more than six months said today the company had paid ...
Read Story at Daily Nation (2009-12-10)
Somali pirates are demanding a ransom for the Saudi super-tanker Sirius Star, a man presented as one of the pirates said today, according to an Al-Jazeera audio tape. INFO GRAPHIC: Pirates seize first oil tanker Seized tanker’s crew unharmed US admiral ‘stunned’ by pirates "Negotiators ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2008-11-19)
Somali pirates have hijacked a 20,000-tonne German container ship in the Indian Ocean, a merchant mariners" charity reports. They seized the ship on Saturday about 400 nautical miles (740km) off the southern Somali port of Kismayo, between the Seychelles and Kenya. A crew of 24 is believed to be ...
Read Story at BBC News (2009-04-06)
Somali pirates have released a German-owned cargo ship held for nearly three months and its crew of 11 Romanians.The pirates said a ransom of $1.8m (£1.1m) was paid. Reports say they fired in the air in jubilation when the money was delivered in a tugboat. The ship - the MV ...
Read Story at BBC News (2009-07-18)
A Malaysian tanker carrying palm oil has been seized by pirates off the Somali coast - the fourth ship to be hijacked in the Gulf of Aden in a month, a maritime watchdog group said today. Somali pirates hijack cargo ship Piracy on the rise along African ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2008-08-20)
Nairobi, Kenya - Somali pirates on Thursday began leaving a Ukrainian ship laden with tanks and other weapons after receiving a ransom, one of the pirates said. Fourteen gunmen and the pirates" commander disembarked from the MV Faina, which has been held by the pirates for five months, said ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2009-02-06)
MOGADISHU, Monday Related Stories Piracy hit all-time high in 2009, says report China denies paying pirates Somali pirates free Greek-flagged oil tanker Somali pirates receive Sh300m ransom for Chinese coal ship Italy urged to lobby for Somali security Somali pirates freed a Greek-flagged tanker ...
Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-01-19)
Nairobi, Kenya - Somali pirates on Thursday began leaving a Ukrainian ship laden with tanks and other weapons after receiving a ransom, one of the pirates said. Fourteen gunmen and the pirates" commander disembarked from the MV Faina, which has been held by the pirates for five months, said ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2009-03-07)
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