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Dec 02, 2008
Seaarland group of companies and Motia Compagnia di Navigazione have acted to ensure the safety of their crews, ships and cargoes until the escalating piracy situation
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Dec 02, 2008
According to a report from BBC News, the owner of a Thai fishing trawler has said the Indian navy sank it off Somalia's coast last week after wrongly assuming it was a pirate "mother ship".
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Dec 02, 2008
According to a Reuters Africa report, Taiwan's TMT, one of Asia's biggest shipping firms, is diverting its large fleet of operated oil tankers via the Cape of Good
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Dec 02, 2008
Ocean Cruises Inc. released a statement on an attempted act of piracy against one of its cruise ships.
On November 30, 2008, at approximately 0928 local time,
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Dec 01, 2008
McQuilling Services, LLC, marine transport advisors, released a message addressing the economic impact of pirate attacks on tankers.
Excerpt:
“The recent
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Nov 26, 2008
A Nov. 25 report from the Associated Press said that the Suez Canal, a shortcut between East and West for nearly 140 years, is facing an enormous challenge, as
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Nov 26, 2008
Somalia is now the backdrop against which increasing levels of piracy are seen. With both the frequency and violence of attacks thought to be growing, there is mounting pressure on governments,
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Nov 25, 2008
The United Nations Security Council adopted another resolution expressing grave concern regarding the situation in Somalia and “over the recent increase in
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Nov 24, 2008
According to a report from Bloomberg, a Greek chemical tanker seized by Somali pirates in September with 19 crew members on board was freed after the owners paid a ransom.
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Nov 24, 2008
Corporate Risk International (CRI), a business intelligence and risk management firm, and Veritas International Consultants (VIC), a provider of maritime security services,
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Nov 24, 2008
While there have been clear statements made by the shipping industry lobby regarding piracy to the international community and the volume of reporting on events
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Nov 24, 2008
The U.S. Coast Guard urges maritime workers who have not yet applied for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to apply as soon as possible before
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Nov 21, 2008
On Nov. 19, 2008, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell today defended the military effort to deter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and called on commercial ships to
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Nov 20, 2008
According to a Nov. 19 report from The Independent World, the American security company Blackwater is planning to launch a flotilla of gunboats for hire by the shipping companies.
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Nov 20, 2008
Eight suspected pirates apprehended by crew members from Royal Navy frigate HMS Cumberland off Africa's east coast last week have been handed over to the custody of the Kenyan Police today,
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Nov 20, 2008
The Indian Naval Ship Tabar, which is currently in the Gulf of Aden for Anti-Piracy Surveillance and Patrol Operations, encountered a pirate vessel, 285 NM South
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Nov 19, 2008
The Liberian-flagged oil tanker MV Sirius Star is at anchor Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 off the coast of Somalia. The Saudi-owned very large crude carrier was hijacked by Somali pirates Nov.
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Nov 19, 2008
A report from the Wall Street Journal said that Pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million in crude oil anchored the ship within sight of impoverished
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Nov 18, 2008
A Liberian-flagged very large crude tanker, Sirius Star, was attacked more than 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya, Nov. 15.
The ship is owned by
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Nov 18, 2008
Odfjell SE has decided that all its owned, managed and time chartered ships that normally would sail through the Gulf of Aden will be routed via the Cape of Good Hope.
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