by Katharine Houreld (Reuters) - The M/V Aegean II, a Panama-flagged ship boarded by Somali police, is safe and underway, the EU Naval Force said on Saturday, after conflicting reports two days earlier about whether it had been hijacked by Somali pirates. The Aegean II had originally altered its course due to a damaged hull and after local police had boarded it, “there had … [Read more...]
Somali Pirates Release Three Hostages From MV Aegean
by Katharine Houreld (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released three Iranian hostages held for five years, a maritime security official said on Thursday, as conflicting reports emerged whether another ship had been seized after a three-year hiatus in hijackings. The three Iranians are the last of the crew of the Iranian fishing vessel FV Siraj, which was captured by pirates … [Read more...]
Pirates Attack Stolt Tanker in Gulf of Aden
By Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul DUBAI/LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Armed pirates attacked a British-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday but were repulsed, the ship's manager Stolt Tankers said. The pirates approached the Stolt Apal in two speedboats some 75 nautical miles off Yemen, it said, in one of the most important trade routes for oil heading from … [Read more...]
EU NAVFOR Confirms Pirate Attacks Off Somalia
Suspected pirates attacked two fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia this week, the latest incident underscoring the continued threat to ships and crews in the Horn of Africa region. EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta confirmed that on April 21, the fishing vessels FV Adria and FV Txori Argi came under attack by suspected pirates … [Read more...]
Somali Region Once Riddled with Pirates Sees Peaceful Power Transfer
By Abdiqani Hassan GAROWE, Somalia Jan 8 (Reuters) - A region of war-ravaged Somalia elected a new president on Tuesday, a peaceful transfer of power in a part of the country notorious for piracy and Islamist militias. Said Abdullahi Deni, who is likely to continue Puntland's close cooperation with the United States, defeated his closest rival, Asad Osman Abdullahi. He was … [Read more...]