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Turkish and Somali forces have freed the cargo ship Lutuf after a 10-day operation against pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this month, according to Somalia’s Ministry of...
14 pirates were killed in a 10-day-long operation by the Turkish Navy and Somalia’s Armed Forces.
Turkish and Somali forces have retaken the Cameroon-flagged general cargo ship Lutuf nearly two weeks after it was seized by Somali pirates. The 1,400 dwt vessel was taken on August 17 around 4.5 nautical miles off Somalia’s coast while carrying supplies to Turkey’s TURKSOM military base in Mogadishu. Somalia’s defence
Combined Task Force 151 has succeeded in keeping piracy related activities in check during their short 6-month deployment in the Indian Ocean.
Secretary-general demands the unconditional release of captive crews of six ships, warns that piracy is posing a serious threat to regional shipping.
May 2 (Reuters) – Yemen’s coast guard said on Saturday that the M/T EUREKA oil tanker had been hijacked off the coast of Shabwa province by unidentified armed men who boarded the vessel, seized...
Piracy concerns are escalating rapidly off the Horn of Africa after two vessels were hijacked last week and multiple new approaches were reported across the western Indian Ocean, prompting security...
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The suspicious approach to the tanker in the Indian Ocean comes as there are signs of a resurgence of Somali piracy
Naval force responds to Honour 25 and Sward hijackings by Somali pirates last week.
Fresh concerns over a widening resurgence in Somali piracy intensified over the weekend after the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported two apparent vessel hijackings off Somalia within hours of each other,...
The area has a history of pirate activity, and recent weeks have seen multiple reports of ships being targeted.
Somali piracy is back in the spotlight after four attacks in as many days, including two vessel hijackings, prompting authorities to raise the threat level for the region and warn commercial shipping to exercise extreme caution. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported yesterday that a cargo ship l
Commercial shipping is again facing the scourge of Somalia piracy with two vessels hijacked in less than a week and warnings from both UKMTO and JMIC
The crew onboard includes 10 Pakistanis, four Indonesians, one Indian, one Sri Lankan and one from Myanmar.